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a  Maxhn  it  was,  which,  oa  many;  oc^ 
cafions,*!  have  heard  from  People,  ;oJF 
gpod.Updi^ibnding^^  as  J^ 

^^.^  what  related  to  private  C^nda&,iyi^  f?^  - 
,    :i*tlP4i  ever  the  better^  for  AdTi CB.?  .  But 

.  upon  further  Examination, .  I  have  refoh^d     ^ 
'  '^with- my  felf,  that  the  Mtxim  .might  c  be 
':'<  admitted  without  any  yiolent, prejudice/ to /  ,  ^ 
Mankind.    For  in  the  imanner  tj^^^  • 

.was  generally  given,  there  was  no .  reafon^ 
I  thought,  to  wonder  it  Ihou'd  be  fo  ill  re-  ♦ 
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Part  I.  ly  inverted  the  Cafe,  and  made  rl»r  Givir  to  . 

^^^"^^y^hc  the  only.  Gainer.    For  by  what  I  coaM..r 

oblcrre  in-maxiy  Oociirrenoes  <^  oar  UveSy  T 

That  which  we  caUM  gjMnj^  jUvke^  was  ; 

properly,  taking  an  occafion  to  ihew  oor 

•  ^    oWn  WUSiom,  at  another's  expencc*  .O.a  ..^ 

the  other  fide,  tobeinftmded,  or  t^rwiv  . 

^</tr»c#  on  the  terms  ofoallyprelcribM  to  as,  v 

^  was  little  better  than  tamely  to  afford  ano-  ;. 

ther  the  Occafion  of  raiCng  himfelf  a  Cha«  : 

_  raderfroniionrDefeds.     .\^ 

Inreality,  however  able  or  wilUng  a  Man  ^ 
Ofay  be  to^ddvife^  'tis  no  eafy  matter  to 
'     .make  Advicb  dfruGifk.    For  to  make 
a  Gift  fu9^  there  mnft  be  nothing  in  it 
:    which  takesfrom  Another,  to  add  to  Our. 
felf.    In  all  other  r^fpe&s^  u  giw^  and  r»  n' 
liiff^i^  Generofity,  ad  Gbod-wiD:  Jmt . 
tiPhcftchn  Wifdom,  is  to  gain  a  Mattery  . 
Whikrh  can^e  fo  eaCly.  be  allow'd  m    Men  ; 
Wiliinj^  Itiirn  whatever  tdife  is  taught  'em* , 
Tbdyaii  hcur  4  Mdjter  in  Mathematicks^ . 
lO^^^Muffc^ '  or  in  any  other  Science ;  'ITiit  ^ 
Ti6t  in^Vndeffiwding  , 

/''*  tlsthe  hifdci  thing  imaginable  for  an* 
/^oYHOli  'not  to  appirar  aflbming  in  this. 
ft§)cia/  -^  For  all  jiuthcrs  ut  lurgt  are,  in  a 
stianner,  prbfefsM  M^fttts  of  VninfiMiini 
to  the"  Age.  -  And  for  this  realbn,  in  early 
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%^/,  fpr^dia^tiflg  Rules  of :.'  Life,:  «a*^Sca.  t; ,  j 

teaching  Mianncrs  aiid  goo<f  Senfe.^^  ^61^*''^^'^^^       ■    •  < 
they  may  hsrc  loft  their  Prctenfim;  i  can^e  .^  \  j  j 

fty#.  ^Tis their  peculiar^Happinefi^ndAdi  *<       ^^' 

vantage,  not  to  l^e  obliged, v.tp  lay^^tbeir  i  • 
Claim  openly.  And  if  iwhilft  they  profeft 
QvXjt^fUdfi^  they  &cr€tlyWvfy^y  And  givei 
Inftrudion  i '  they  inay  nowperbaps,  as  yicVi^ 
«  formerly,  b?  eftecmMy ;  with  -  jultice,.  thtf 
heft  and  moft  lionourable  among  Authors.  .  * 

Mean  while,  if  J^dtipgm&frifmbingha 
of  ibdangerousa  nature,  ix^. other  Autbdrs.; 
ivhat  muft  his  Cafe  be,  ^who/diaatcs  tvAw 

Tp  this  I  anfarer,  that  my  J^r^tcn^on  »     . 
not  fo  much  i^  gm  MvktrM  to  «o^der 
of  .thg  fVay  mJI,  MMntr  ^pf  ^vifwgp    My 
SciencJe,  if  it  b6  any,  :is;no::  better  than     ^ 
that  of  a  j^anguagiirMsifigri  or  4  Logkian:  \ 
For  I  have  ^<^n  it  ftrongly 'into  my  hea(j; 
that  there  is  a  certain  'Knack  or  Ligirdemain 
in  Argument, ' hy  iwhich  5y«:  may  finely  pro- • 
ceed  to  the  dangerous  part  fii  Mdvi^g^  and 
make  fure  of  the  goo4  fortune  tp  jbaye 
oar  Advice  accepted,  if:  it  bf  A^y  thing 
worth."    -r; -"■  *'  •/■'  •  '/    ■  "  ^   •    •  . 

My  Propo&lis  tp  confidcr  .<«f  tbisA£&irt  . 

asaCaiecOf  ^Sp&pvEky.    *Tis  FrsSki^  wc      V 
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;  •  :uor^«.try  ,B,.jy^^  and  afford  as  the  rcqoifite 
.;•  -     *f.Exferitnc*t**       Here  lies  the  Difficulty. 

•«^'  .         For.  fappofing  we  bad  Hofpitals  for  this* 

y  ...  ,  fi>rt  of  5i(i;n7,aiul  that  there  were  always' 

'  iaiieadiaers  certain  meek  Pduitnts  that  won'd ' 

,    bear  any  Indlions,and  be  prob'd.  or  tented  at* 
ourpleafare^  the  advantage  nodoabt  woa*d^- 
be;.conliderable  in-tbis  way  of  Pradice. 
i  .        SoQeinfight  mnft  neecis'^  acquired.    In- 

V  '■■-.-^  tinie4//«0<ftoomig)htbeg9in*dv  botinaU 
[  •  lakeiiboodM  viry  rtt^b  tut:  wUcb  woo*d> 
\                   .  :    by'&aiQeansierTetbeparporedf  thls;la:tter' 

,    Swrgtry.    For  herCf  4  Tendmufs'tfliMiidii: 
priflCi^Hy  requifite. '^No  Sorgeoa  win  be 
call*d,  but  who  has  Feeling  and  Gompaflion. 
:     -  And  where  tp  find  a  Sabjea  in  which  the 

Operator  is  likdy  to  preferve  the  higbeft-; 
.  I  ;,    Ttndemifii  and  yet  ad  with  the  greateft/(r^ 
<;  -       '  .  ffifutiM  iod  Bitdtitfs,  is  certainly  a  matter 

Iv  of  no  flight  Confideratibn.-  *; 

-.  lam  fenllble  there  is  in  ail' confiderable. 
<  FrojedSy^at  firft  appearance,  a  certain  air 

-    -  /of  chimerical  Fancy  and  Conceit,  which  is 

V  <  jipt  to  render  the  Froiedotsfomewhat  liable 

, ,  ^  to  Ridicale.    I  wou*d  therefore  preparie  my ' 

'p    -  .         Reader  againft  this  Pr^adicei  by  affuring 

him,  that  in  tht0ftr4tiM  propop^d,' there  is 
nothing  which  can  joftly  excite  his  Langb- 
tery.  or  if  there  be,  the  Laugh  perhaps  may 
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-  turn  againlb  him,  by  hisxwn  Cpnfenty  ^dd^^ift.  ir •    . 
with  his  own  Concarrcncc:  Which  is  i'S/i^r^^?*^^''^'''^ 
cinrn  of  that  very  Alrt  or  Science  wc/aie 
:?botttto  iHuftrate.  .     ,    .    :  .•      ..  ii; 

Accordingly,  if  it  beobjefiedagainft-thc 
above-mention'd  ^raBice^  and*  Art  of  Siit*  ' 
gcry^  **  That  we  can  no  :whcrc'  find  fuch.a 
♦*  meek  Patient^  with  whom  we  can  in  rdi«  . 
^  lity  nuAe  botd^  and  ^or  whom  Devertbe* 
•♦^  Icfs  we  are  fare  to  yptt&nt  the  gredtefi 
**  TendemefsMnd Regard:^  \  aflcrt  the  con-  1 

trary  ^  and  fay,  for  inftance^  'Thae  we  bav^ 
each  ef  m   OtJR  SktYss  te  fraHife  en.' 

**  Mere  Qpibble !  ( you'l Jay: )  For  who 
^^  can  thus  multiply  himfelf  into  twiPer-, 
**  yjw,  and  be  hie.  etenSubjeS'r  Who  can 
***  properly  laugh  at  bim/ilf^  or  6nd  in  his  ' 

**  heart  to  be  either  merry  or  fevere  on  fucJi  *'  .         -  \^ 

**  an  occafion?**  Go  to  the  Poets,  and 
they  will  prefent  you  with  many  Inftances. 
Nothing  isP  more  common  with  them,  than  "J 

this  fort  of  SoLiLOQjjY.    A  Peri&n  of 
profound  Parts,  or  perhaps  of  ordinary  Ca- 
pacity, happens,  on  fome  occafion,  to  com-  / 
mit  a  Fault.    He  is  concern^  for  it.    He 
comes' alone  upon  the  Stagey  looks ^about  : 
him,  to  fee  if  any  body  be,  near  5  ^then    ...         1 
takeshimfelf  to  task,  without  fparing  him-  ' 
felf  in  the  leaft.     Yon  wou'd.' wonder  to                     ,    I 
hear  how  home  he  pnlhes  matters,  and  how                         i 
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*      -lie  beoomnMa diSdi&Pirfiit.   HeU  Pa- 
<  pU  and  Preceptor.    He  teadies,  and  he 
'  leariis.  Ahd  for  my  bm  patti  tiad  I  to* 
tUngelfeto  plead  in  b^f  of  the  Morak 
:of  oiirrnddem  Diamatidc  Poets,  I  flxm'd 
•defend  Vm  ftiU  againft  their  AceaTer*  for 
.theiake  of  this  rttffnBdcAf  which  ihey 
)  ''havetafcencare  to  keep  npioitsftdl  force. 

f      -  .   -.^of  whether  or  110  the  Prȣ^  be  ff^rar^/, 

/  •  Jttftlpeft  of  conunonCoftom  and  Vlage*, 

/  .Itake  npon  me  to  afiett^  that  it  U  an  hp- 

'  Jieft and  hmdaM«  Pra^ice^  Had  that  if 'al- 
.  -f^f  it  be  nor  natural  to  tts»  w&  oaght^  at 
H    ; ^  :  ...jM*t<>makp.itfo.        : 

'/ '  ,,.    i*^  ArewetogothereftretotheStagftfor 

f  .  ;^JPdificaUon?    Mull  weleam  oar  Cate* 

i         i  ,  f*,  chirm  from  the  Poets  ?<  And,  like  the 

J  ::..**■  Players,  fpeak  M*iu(t  what  we  debate  at 

j  ^^y,  time  with   oar  felves  alone  ?  ** 

I  i.  S9ot  abfolately  fo  perhaps.    Tho  where 

'  •  t^  harm  wonVl  be,  of  {pending  IbmeDt  A 

I  ;.  «wfej  and  bcftowing. a  little  Bttath  and 

t  tftearVoioBpArelynpon  »ipy«/««7,  loh'c 

I  lee  r  We  mi^t  peradventarehe  lefs  noify 

I  «nd  more  prdfitable  idCompanyv  if  at 

-  -eohirenient:  timte  we,dirdttrg*d  fome  of 

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pany  is  an  extreme  Provocative  ta Fancy  vSoft^  !• 

,  and  is  apt,  like  a  hot  Bed,  to  make  oar  V^^^ 

.  Imagbations  fprpat  too  fs&.    Bat  by  l^isr 

;  anticipating  Remedy  of  Soxiioc^oy,  we 

..may  efiedoaUy  provide  agaioft  the  ]Qcon<- 

/»venience.         .  .  ' 

t     We  have  an  aocoont  in  Hiitoty  of  «  cer-' 

1  tain  Kation^  who  feem  to  have  been  ex- 

^  tremcly  apprehenfive  of  theBfiedsof  thi» 

Frotbinefs  or  Ventofity  in  Sp^h^  and 

.were  accordingly  r^folv'd  to  provide  tbo^' 

rowly  againit  the  EviL    They  carry*d  thiy 

Xmedy  of  onrs  (b  &r,  that  it  was  not  on* 

ly  their  Cuftom,  bat  their  Religion  and 

Law,  to  fpeak,  laagh,  nfeA^op,  geftica« 

late,  and  do  all  in  the  fame  manner  when 

•  alone,  as  whea  they  were  in  Company.    If 
yoa  had  ftoln  upon  'em  unawares  at  any 

•  time,  when  they  had  been  by  themfelves,         _ 
^  yon  might  have  fi3i}nd^em  in  high  XM^    ;, 

pate,  argaing  with  themfelves,  reproving, 

coanfelling,  harangping  themfelvest  and  ia 

the  moft  florid  manner  accollingthdr  own  - 

Perfons.    In  aU  likelihood  they  had  been 

once  a  People  remarkably  Huent  inExprelr 

\  lion,    mnch    pefter'd   with  Orators  and 

.  Preacher;,  and  mightily  Inbjeft  to  that 

V  Difeafe  which  has  .been  iince  call'd  tbiLer 

tor  arofe  amongft   'em,    who  when  he 
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)Pa<I.'couM  not  oppofc  the  Torrent  of  Wbrds,' 
VVN^'and  ftop  the  Flux  of  Speech^  found  means . 
.     to  give  a  rent  to  the  loquadons  Hnmourt 
and  Ivoke  the  *foroe  of  ^e  Diftemper  by 
ehdingit:  :.  ..;•:. 

Our  prefent  Planners,  I  muft  own,  are 
not  fo  wea  calculated  for  this  Method  of 
SoLiLQQ^aT,  as  to  iiifierit  to  become  a 
national  Pra&ice.:  rxisbut  a  fmaUPprtion 
of  this'i!^*igMff,  which  I  wouM  wiUidg^y 
:  borrow,:  and  apply  to  private  ufe ;  efpe- 
.  daOy  in  the  a&.of  AMth^rs.    I  ain  (enfible 
. :  how  fatal  it  might  prove  to  many  honon- 
.  '  rable  Perfbns, :  Ihott'd  they  acquire  fuch  a 
Habit  as  this,  or  offer  to  pradile  fach  an 
'Art,  within  reach  of  any  mortal  Ean  -  For 
'lis  weH  known,  weare^not  all  of  us  like 
that  Romittt^  who  wilhM  for  ^  Windows  •  to  • 
his  Breaft,'  that  all  might  be  as  confpicuous 
there,  as  in. his  Hbufe,  which  for  that  very 
reaibn  lie  had  built  as  open  as  was  poffible. 
^       '    I  iWou'd.  therefore  advife  our  TrcbatUmr^' 
^^     '  Qpon^his  firft  Exercife,  to  retire  into  fbme 
.thick  Wood, ' or  take  the  point  of  fome 
A  high  Hill  i  where  befides  the  Advantage  of 

'  looking  about  him  for  Security,  -  he  wou'd 
^         find  the  Air  perhaps  morcirarefyM,  and  fu- 
^   table  to  that  Perfpiratibn  which  is  re- 
quired, efpccially  in  the  Cafe  of  a  P^rnW 

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^^'     Scrifiontm  chorus  omnU  anM  nemm^ 
■'^'         fitghZfrbes.      .  ^  ^t 

•Tis  remarkable  in  all  great  Wits,  that 
they  h^ve  ownM  this  Pradice  of  ours,  and 
generally  dcfcrib'd  themfelVes  as. 4  People 
liable  to  fafficient  Ridicule,  for  their  great 
Loquacity  by  themfclves,  and  their  pro^  - 
found  Taciturnity  in  Company.  Not  only 
theP^ff  aaiPhihfcfher^  but  the  Or^f^  him* 
felf  was  wont  to  have  recourfe  to  our  Me- 
thod. And  the  Prince  of  this  latter  Tribe , 
may  be  proved  to  have  been  a  gre^t  Frequen- 
ter of  the  Woods  and  River-Banks  •,  where 
lie  confum'd  abundance  of  his  Breath,  fuf- 
fer'd  his  Fancy  to  evaporate,  and  reduced 
the  vehemence  both  of  his  Spirit  and  Voice. 
If  other  Authors  find  nothing  that  invites 
^em  to  thele  Recefes^  'ti$  becaufe  their 
Genius  is  not  of  Force  enough:  .Or  tho  it 
be  i  their  Charader^  they  may  imagine,  will 
hardly  bear  'em  out.  For  to  be  furpriz'd 
in  the  odd  Anions,  Gellures,.  or  Tones, 
which  are  proper  to  fuch  Afcetich^  I  muft 
own  wou^d  be  but  an  ill  Adventure  for  a  - 
Manx^f  the  World.  /But  with  Poets  and 
Philofophers  'tis  a.  known  Cafe,  AntinfinJ 
nit  Homo^  nut  nferfus  faeiu-*"  CompO- 
iin^  and  Ravingt&iuft  neceflarily,  vwe  fee, 
*K-:v.v  .     bear 


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,    i  to  •  .A'»Vl€t.  TO 

«^Fnrti;<  be«r  a  refemblanoe;   And  finr  thofe  Gompo- 

'^'^^^''^^fcrsiWho  d«al  in  Syfteow,  and  airy  Speqn 

-.lations,  they  have  geoeraUy  pais*d  for  a 

.fort  ci  ProffFttt,     Their  fecret  Pradioe 

.  aodBalMt  has  beea  as  freqaeatly  sotted  ;• 

I  Both  there  forts  are  happily  indulged  ia 
this  Method  of  Eracnation* .   They  arc 
thoaghttoadnatoraUy^  and  in  their  pro* 
perway^  when  they  aflame  theft  odd  Man« 
ners.    Bat  of  other  Authors  *tis  expefted 
they  Ihoa'd  be  better  bred*    They  are  ob- 
liged to  preferve  a  more  conyerfible  Habit  \ 
.  which  is  no  fifiall  Misfertnne  to  Vm«    JPbr 
if  their  Meditation  and  Refvqy  be  ob« 
ftm&ed  by:  the  fear  of  a^  nonconforming 
.  Meen  in  Gonverlation,  they  may  happen  to 
.  be  fi>  much  the  worfe  jimhprjfyv  being 
.     pwGmlmtn.    Their  Fervency  of  Imagi* 
^  nation  may  poflibly  be^  ftrong  as  either 
I  Che  Philofopber^s  or  this  PoetV    Bot  bebg 
:  deny'd  an  equal  Benefit  of  I>ii<i)arge^  and 
f  withheld  from  the  wholefom  manner  of 
R4iff  in  private;  'tis  no  wonder  If  they 
^appear  ^wi^-io  much  Froth  and  $CDm  in 

'  publick.  •        '--  ■  ■  ,  ,  J  - .  '-T.  •  ,  ;;^  v.:  V 


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AN  AUTHOK.       '  Htl 

:  'TU  obfetrable,  that  the'^rilm  bf^gja^ 
^Mnjoiiis  and  Essays  are  chiefly  fab-'^'''^'^ 
'  jeft  to  this  frothy  Diftemper.    Nor  can  It 
be  doobted  that  this  is  the  tnie  Reaifon 
why  theie  Gendemen  entertain  the  World 
fo  lavilhly  with  what  relates  to  tbmfelves. 
-  For  havbg  had  no  opportunity  of  private- 
ly converfing  with  themfelves,  or  exercifing 
didr  own  Giaiw,  lb  as  to  make  Acquain- 
tance with  it,  Of  prove  its  Strength  *,  they 
-&11  to  work  in  a  wrong  place,  and  exhi- 
bit on  the  Suge  of  the  World  that  Ptmc- 
fUe,  which  they  IhoaM  have  kept  to  them- 
felves^  if  they  deiign*d  that  dther  they, 
-or  the  World^'  fiioa'd  be  the  better  fer 
their  Moralitys.  •  Who  indeed  can  enddre 
to  hear  Ml  Empirici  talk  of  his  own  Gonfti- 
(Qtion,   how  he  governs  and manages  it, 
what  Diet  agrees  beft  with  it,  and  what 
his  Praaice  is  with  himfelf  ?  The  Pro-    , 
verb,  no  doubt,  is  very  jail,  Thyfkltm  curt 
ihyfetf.    Yet  methinkS  one  ihbaM  have  but 
an  ia  time,  to  be  prefent  at  thefe  bodily 
Opera^nst  -}^r  is  the  Reader  in  tm^ 
noy  better  ebtertain'd,  when  he  is  oblig*d 
'  to  aflift  at  the  experimiental  Difinflions  of  - 
fiis  ^radifing  Author,  who  aU  the  while  is 
^  in  reality  doing  no  better,  than  taking  hii 
Thyfifkia|mWifk,  .      '.     !  '     '      / 


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.F»icl.-    For.  this  reafbn  I  hold  it  very  iadecent   ■ 
'-^^^^P^for  any  onetopabfiflihis^f^cMiM/*  •etd- 

^"'^^'^.JimdRefitahMt  filUMryTltntibts^  or  Other 

.ftich  Exerdfes,  as  come  ooder  thenotioii 

\of  tills  filf-difettirfiig  FrMSke,    And  the 

'jnode&efb  Title  I  can  concdve  for  Ibdi 

^Worksasthefe,  wou*d  be  that  of  a  oertdn 

■   .  .Author,  whocallM  them  his  (Vim^/.   *Tts 

.the  Unhappinefi.of  thofe  Wits,  who  con- 

..celve  faddeoly,  hot  withoat  being  able  to 

.go  cot  their  foil  time,  that  after  many  Mif- 

-  .carrbges  and  Abortions,  they-  can  brihg 

. :  .nothing  well-ihapen '  or   perfeft  into  the 

/•■r-  World.  They- are. not  .however  the  left 
•fond  of  their  Offspring-,  ^Wdit^  "»  « 
manner  beget  in  Poblick. ,  For  fo  pablick- 
^Ipirited  they  are,  that  ^qr  can  never  afford 
themfelmthe  leaft  time  to  think  In  private* 
Wthdr. own  particular, Benefit  and  Ufe. 
.  For  this  reafonv.tho  they  are  often  retir*d,, 
.they,  are  never  bytbmfdvtt.  The  World 
-is  ever  of  the  Party.  They .  have  their' 
lAvtbn^Ctuanider  in  view,,  and  are  always 
,'confidering  how  thw  or  .th»t  Thought 
iwon'd  ierye  to  compleat  ibme  Set  of  Cwi- 
,tmpl4tms, : on  farnitti  out  the  Common-. 
.Place-Book,  from- wheace/.thefe  treafur'd .» 
.Riches  aTf  \o  flow  in  Plenty  on  theinefeffiw 
tons  World.  Bat  if  oyir.;Candi4%te$,foir 
-  .Avthorlhip  happen  to  be  of  the  iknaifyM 
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kiad ',  'tis  not  to  be  imaging  how  mpch'  Seg^ 
fertherftiU  their  Charity  extends.    So  tt^^^^^^ 
ceeding  great  is  their  Indulgence  and  Teitr. 
dernefs  for  Mankind,  that  they:  arc .  uft-. 
willing  the  leaft  Sample  of  their  devout  Ex-    » 
erdfe  Ihou*d  be  loft.    Tho  there,  arc  *al-_, 
ready  fo  many  Formnlarys  and  Ritoalsap-  r 
pointed  for  this  Species  of  SeliU^ty  ;  tbef: 
can  allow  nothing  to-  lie  concealed. which; 
paflles  in  this  religious  Commerce,  and  .wayx  . 
of  Dialogue  between  Them  and  their  SquL.  ( 
Theft  may  be  term*d  a  fort  of  PfeuJf 
jifietifhy  who  can  have  no  real  Conyeric 
either  with  themftlvcs,  or  with  Heaven;, 
whilft  they  look  thus  afquint  upon  the. 
World,  and  carry  7i^/«  and  Editim  alon^J 
with  »em  .  in  their  Meditations.    And  al-! 
tho  th^  Books  of  this  fort,  by  a  commq^'      ' 
Idiom,  are  callM^MiJ  j?00ib  ;  the"  Authors,'     . 
forcertainiarebuta  forryRacc:"  For'reli-. 
gious  Cruditys  are  unddubtedly  the  worft 
_  of  any.  •    A  '54»»f-Authof  of '  all    Men 
icaft  values  PoUtencfi.'   He  icorns  to  conf 
fine  that  Spirit,  in  which  he  writes,  to 
kules  of  Criticifm  and  profane  Learnings 
Kor  Is  he  inclinM  in  any  refp«&  to  play  the 
Critick  on  bimfelf,  or  regulate  bis  Stile  ot  - 
Language  by  the  Standard  of  good  Cooh' 
l»ny  and  People  6f  the  better,  fort.  ,!&;<: ^;^vj^^ 
is  above  the  Conijderation  of  that  whi^^i' ;  iTSv 


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'i4^.  AOVICB  TO 

;gjr<l{lii  ft  fiam>#  IkhTc  we  call  Mionun.    Mor  if 
*^'^^^ h«»pt  to-^zamiae  any  other  Faoltt  thai'  j 
tboft  which  he  caUs  ^na  Tho  a  Sinner  ' 
againfl:  £ood  Breeding  and  the  Laws  4^  • 
Dccenqr,  will  tto  more  be  looked  on  as-«- 
fioi  jitahtr,  than  a  Sinner  againJI ;  Gram*  < 
nukr,'^oodArgnment,orgoodSenIe.   And  - 
H-AloderMMn  and  Tnofer  are  not  of  the  '■■ 
Party  widia  Writer^  let  his  Cade  beerer 
fo  good,  Idonbt  whether  he  wifl  be  able  to 
recommend' it  with  great  Advantage  tp  the 

■  \  :  World. -,■■--••■':   '•■  '.••■•■. 

.'  On-  this  dcoonnt,  I  wou'd  (MrincipiQy  re- 
•oommend  our'^erdfe  of  Stlf-Cmtrnfii  to  ' 
aUTach  Perfons  as  are  addided  to  write 
after  tlie  manner  of  &0ir^^ivi/«r/}  efpecially 
if  they  lie  under  an  indirpeaabk  I^cceflity 
of  bein^  T'^^'T'  ^  H^nngiurt  in  the  iame 
lund.    For  to  diiicharge  fireqnendy  and  iehe-  ■>■ 
'  mently  Inpublick,  is  a  great  hindrance  to      ■ 
Uieway  offtrivatt  Sxere^g;,  which  conGfts 
chiefly  iaCmroul/  Bat  where,  iolAead  of 
Controal,  Debate  or  Argament,  the  chief 
B^erdfe  of  the  Wit  confifts  in  nncontropla* 
ble  Harangues  and  Reafonin^,  which  muli 
neither  leqneltion'd  nor  .cbntradlded ;  tbere 
h  great  danger,  left  the  .F?rty,  thro  this 
habit*  ihou*diuflermoch  by  Ornditys,  |n- 
digejtioos,  Choler,  Bik»  and  partMtrly 
by  a  ciertain  tum^otB^ttdtncy,  which  ten*     / 
^■'■•■- .  ^  '.         ders 


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ders  hini  of  all  men  the  I«aft  able  to  ap-;  Seft*  <|^ 
ply  the  wholefom  ^Regimen  of  Self-PraAioSi  V'V^J 
'Tis  no  wonder  if  foch  quaint  Praditioners  , 
grow  to  an  enormous  Size  of  Abfnrdity; -. 
wbilfl;  they  continue  intfae  reverie  of  that  r 
Pradice,bywtuch  alone  wecorredtbeRe-  ^: 
.  dundancy  of  Humours,  and  cfaaften  the  Ex'- . . 

obcrance  of  Conceit  and  Fanqr» 

A  great  Inftance  of  the*  want  of  this  So^  i 
vereign  Remedy  may  be  drawn  from  our  ' 
common  gnat  Talkerti  who  engrofi  the 
greateft  part  of  the  Converfations  of  the      . 
World,  and  are  the  forwardeft  to  fpcak In 
pablick  Aflemblys.    Many  of  thefe  have,  a 
Tprightly  Genhis,  attended  with  a  mighty        . 
Heat  and  Eba^itipn  of  Fancy,    But  'tis  a  . 
certain  Obfervation  in  our  Science,  that   '    , 
they  who  are  great  Talkers  «»  CimpM/y, 
havenerer  been  atay  Talkers  *yrAf}»/J/w/,  : 

nor  us'd  to  thefe  private  Difcuffions  of  our 
home  Regiiften.  For  which...RcafQn  their 
Froth  abounds}  ftor  can  thej^difcjiargeany 
thing  withoot;  foffljs  mixture  o^  it.  But  ' 
when  they  ca;rry .  their/ Attempts  beyond 
ordinary  Diicourfe,  and  wou'd  rife  to  the  • 
Capacity  */  jiuibort,  the  Cafe  grows  far  /• 

wprfe  wxth 'cm.     Their  >^^/  can  ca^ry  . 
none  of  :the  Adhrtotages  brtheiri>*ry«»,  -  . 
They  can  no  iroy  bring  into  Paper  thoft 
^%  Ipasy  give'  themfclvcs,  W  'Dlfcourfe.  '      . 

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.  ^ft  I.  The  Tarns  of  Voice  and  Adionwith  which 
^^*yVthey  help  oot  many  a-Ume.ThoDght  and 
incoherent  Sentence,  moft  here  be  laid^jafide  \ 
and  the  Speech  taken,  to  pieces,  compared 
together,  and  examined,  from  head  to  footl 
So  that  anlefi. the.  Party,  has  been  ns*d  to 
play  the  Griticlc  thorowly  upon  himfelf,  he 
win  hardly  be  fonnd  proof  againft  the  Cri- 
jtidfms-cf  others.  ,His  Thoughts  can  never 
'  appear  very  corred  \  nnlefi  they  have  been 
n^d  to  found  Correftion  by  themftlves,  and 
))een  weQ  fbrmM'  and  difciplin*d  before  they 
are  brought  into  the  Field.  'TIS  the  hardeft 
tj^utg  in  the  world  to  be  4  g-i  'Tkinktr-% 
without  being  a  ftrong  5r/ir-£x4iw»«r,  and 
t&arMP-^4(^<<  JDWtffM?,  in  thisfolitary  way. 


SECT.   II. 


13 


^tJT  to  bring  our  Cafe  a  little  defer 
'  ftiU  toMardls.l  might  perhaps  very 
juftifiably  take  occafion  here  to  enter  into  a 
I  ,     fpaciotts  Field  of  Learning!  to  (hew  the 

^  '  Antiquity  of  that  Opinion,  ^  That  V7e  have 

^  each  of  os  4  Demon^  Ommy  Mgel^  or 
^  GudrdUn^Sfirit^  to  whom  we  were  ftridly 
^^  join'd,  and  committed,  from  our  earlieft 
!l, Dawn  of  Reaibn,  or  Moment  of  our 

•t;:-*        .  ;    ..^.    .     **  Birth,^ 


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^  Birth."    This  Opinion^  were  it  literally  ^^  , 
true,  might  be  highly  fcrviceablci  jnodoubt^i  ^vv^:. . 
towards  the  Eftablilhment  of ?  our  jSy{Uni 
andVCodr^ne.    Forcit^woa'djMalJibly'be   ' 
prov'd  a  kind  of  Sacrilege,  or  impiety. ;trf    \    . 
flight .  the  Company^  of  fo  .Divine  a  Guelf^  ^    . 
and  ina  manner  banifli  hibi  our  Bteaft^  by 
refufing  to  enter  with  him  into 'thofe  fecret 
Conferences  by  which  alone  ie-coa'd  be  in- 
abrd  to  become  our  Adviftr  and  GuUe.  I  Bat ' 
I  fliou'd  e(teem  it  un&ir  to  proceed  upon  fuch 
an  Hypothecs  as  this  \  when  all  that  the 
wife  Antients  ever  meant  by. this  Dmon^  ^ 

Companion,  I  conceive  to  have  been  no  more 
.  than  enigmatially  to  declare^,  that .  we'.had 
each  of  us  a  Patient  in  our  filf\  that  we 
were  properly  our  own  Subjeas,.t)f  .Prafticc, 
and  that  , we  then  became,  due  Praftitio?  ^.^ 

ners,    when  by  virtue   pf  ran:  intimate 
Recefs  we  cpu'd  diftover  a  certain  Duplicity 
of  Soul,  and  divide  our  ielves  into.  t7^\ 
Par^s*.    One  of  thefe,;  as  they  fuppos'd^ 
•  wou'd  immediately  approve  liimlclf  a  yene-^ 
.  rable  Sage }  and  with  an  air  of  Authority 
ered  himfelf  our  Cpnnfellor  aujd  XJrovernor ) 
whilft.  the  other  Party,  wjio  had  nothing  in    . 
hiin  but  what  was  firvile^ ;  wou'd  be  con- 
tented to  follow  and  obey.;  >  ;   -^ 
o, According  tberQ^i:e;  as  this  i?^r<y/  was> 
d€ejj  and  Jntim^te,  and  thft  Z>j^ 


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•FaftI/  ]prafticsiny  form'd  ia  Us,  we  werefoppos'd 

{  VS^^  advance  in  Monk  and  true  Wifdom. 

L  .  This,  tbey.  thooght,  was  the  only  way  of 

i        .  fr«fl7p0)Nrj;>  Matters  in  bor  Breaft,  and  efta- 

blidungtbaJt  Subordinacy,  whidi  alone  coi^d 

...  '    fhshe  Us  agree  with  oor  fdves;  and  be  of  a 

piece  withia.    Thty  eftceta*d  this  a.  more 

,  religious  Work,  thiin  any  Prayers,  or  other 

Duty  in  the  Temple.    And  this  .they  ad- 

TisM  Us  to  tarry  thither,  as  the  beffc  Offiss 

}    .  ring  that  c6a*d  be  made: 


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n. 


\-  ■'- 

H  ,'  This  ^TOW,' among  the  Aiiticnt$»  that  ce^ 

[  lebnitcd2)r(pWr4Infcription,RBCOdNix« 

r  Tovfk  sraxri/Which  wasas  ffiuch  as  to 

I  fiy;  Divide  your  fdf^  or  i^r^Two.  '  Jtorif 

i  tho  DiriiCoa  were  rightly  made^  atl  Wr/i)ff 

woa*d,!  of  Cdurfe,  they  thought,  be  rightly 
j         •  ttttderftoba^  and  prudently  mana^^^^^^^  ' 

i  Confidence  they  had  id  this'  Honie  '^tidgSl 

||  of  S oil  i o  Qjii  y;  '  For  it"  was  look'd  upbri 

ft  to  be  the^pecaiiar  of  Philofophers  and  wife 

^  Men,  to  be 'able  to  holdthmfiivis^in^'faOi^ 
li'  And  it  was  their  Boafl;  on  this  account, 

^  ^  That  they*  were  nererlefsWflii^^^^ 

;  5  when:  hy  thmfHves/l  v^  A  Knare,  they 

>'  ; .    v>  ^  -^ 'thought. 


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thought,  couM'  neycr,  Ulby  himfelf.  ,  Not  j^ScajJ 
that   Fiis,  Confciencc  was,  always  . Jure  ,?jf  ^^^^^^^ 
giving  him '  Difturbancc  j  hat  he  bad .  notj 
they.fupposM,  fo  muc^^^  with.hip^ 

fei4  as  to  exert  thi?  genirftus  Facultyi  an(J    : 
r^ifc  himfelf  a  Comfamon^iyihQjht^ 
admitted  into  Partncrft^p,^vWx>ij'4 .  <l^\^\f^ 
mend  his  Partner,  and  f?f tjer.  his  Afl»irs  q« 
alright  fbot^- ^.;     .  .  ;  ^:[  iiK^  /.-  n-'"^- 
'pne  wou'd  think,  there  yr^ijpiothingtfa? 

fier  with  us,  tha^n  to  kno]if  par  awn  .MMs» 
and  underftand  what  our  main  Scoff  «a5  5 
what  we  plainly;, drove  [af,  apd  whap;W. 
proposM  to  our  felves^:; .as  1  o^m:  J^nd^  tM*. 
every  Occurrence  of  our. iiyes^:  .Bat'^oc 
Thoughts  have  generally;  iuch  an  pb&orc 
implicit,  I^angu^ge,.  that  i*tii  .the  ha^defr 
thing  in  the  ^prld  to  mafae/em:fpcak:oat 
diftiqdly.  For  this  reafon>i  the  right.  Me- 
thod is  to  give  'em  Voice  and  Accent.  •  j  And 
thiS)  in  our  de&ult,  is  what  the  M$rMiffi 
or  Fhil^fifhers  elideavonr  to:do,:to  our  hand'} 
when  they  hold  ns  out  a  kind  civccd 
Lopkiog-Glafs,  draw  Sound  but  of  our 
Breafl:^  and  help  us  to  perfonate  oar  fdves;,'  . 
in, the plaineft manner*     if:    :     :   :;     ?  '^- 


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.  Pa^jL     AceitamAirofPleaikntryandHomoDr»^ 
v5^^^  yehich  prevails  now-a-days  in  the  World, 
\    S|^^^  ?  Son  the  aflbtance  Co  tell  a  Father, 
i  he  has  livM  too  long!  And  a  Husband  the; 

f  privilege  of  talking  of  hi$  Second  Wife  be-' 

[  -.       .  *   tote  his  25r/. '  Botlet  the  airy  Gentleman^ 

j^        .  wKoCTer  he  be,  tha^ 

i   ;>  dtliers,  retire  awhile  oat  of  Company'}  and ' 

[     ^  h6>  fckrcc  dares  teU  himfelf  his  Wilhes. 

I    ,  Much  lefs  can  he  endure  to  carry  on  hil 

.Thought,  as 'he  necellarily  mnffc,  if  he  en« 
-■  .  ^  ters  once  thorowly  into  ISmfilf,  and  pro« 
f  c^'i  by  Ittterniatorys  to  form  the  Hoxne-' 

Acfquaintance*  and  '^  Familiarity  required. 

*  .  Forihus,  jBifiierfomeftruggle,' wemay  fup-^ 

poie  him  to  accoft  himfelf.       ^  Tell  me 

^  ^i'iidw,  my  honeft  Heart!  Am  I  really  Ir^ 

Vxwfi^' and  of  fome  worth?  or  do  I  only 

^;make  a  fair  (hew,  and  zm  intrinficatty  no 

^*^  better  than  a.iR^4//    As  good  a  Friend, 

%.rar  Country-man,  or  a  Relation,  as  I  ap-' 

*A. pear -outwardly  to  the  World,  or  as  t 

^*l¥K)liMwilliiigly  perhaps  thmk  my  felf  to* 

^•;bei -Ihoa'd  I  not  in  reality  be  ^dthey 

**j. were  all  hangM,  or  broke  their  Necks, 

^,^'.wJ)Oftpod. between  Me.  and  the  lealfc* 

<*  portion  of  an  Eftatc?    ',  Why  not?: 

^  lince  'tis  my  Jmerefi^        ShouM  I  not  be 

*  •^  g!U4,  therefore  to  help  this  matter  for- 
^  wards,  and  promote  mfMmfi^  if  it  lay 


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AK  AllTHCiR;  ^« 

**  fairly  in  xny  Power?  -  No  d6ubti  fo  &|gfi^ 
*«;r  were  but  fare  not  t6.be'pudilh*(i  tdr  ^^"^"^^^^ 
^^  it.  And  what  reafon  has  the  grcateft 
**  Rogue  in  nature  for  not  doing' thus? 
**  The  iame  reafon,  and  ho  other.  ' '  Am 
v^  not  I  then  the  fame  as  he  is?  -  -  The. 
^  lame:  an  arrant  Villainy  tho  perhaps 
*^  more  a    Coward,   and  not  fo  perfefl:  \ 

**  in  my  kind.         If  Imerefi   therefore 
"points  me  out   this   Roadj*  ivhither 
^  Yfou^d  Humanity  and  Comfafflm  lead  me? 
^     Quite  contrary.  ^     Why  therefore  do 
"  I  cheriQifuch  Wcaknefles?    Why  do  I 
^^  fympathizc  with  others?    Why  pleafe 
'^*  my  felf  in  the  Conceit  of  IVmh  and 
^  Honour  f  a  CharaRcr^  a  Memory'^  An  IJfuej 
>'  or  4  Namof    What  is  the  World  to  me, 
^  when  I  am  out  of  it?    Why  do  Ithus 
^  bely  my  own  Interojt^  and  by  keeping 
•*  my  felf  bdf^Knavey  approve  my  felf  4 
,f*  thoroioFool?^  '  :  , 

This  is  a  Language  we  can  by  no  means, 
endure  to  hold  with  our  felvesi  whatever 
Raillery  we  may  u(e  with  others.  We  may 
defend  Villany,  or  cry  up  Folly,  before  the 
World:  Butto  appear  Fools,  Mad-men,  or  '^ 

Varlets,  to  our  felves ;  and  provQ  it  to  our  ^  - 

own  Faces,  that  we  are  really  fucb,  is  in- 
^  fupportable.    For  fuch  Reverence  has  every 
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l5S&''^^^  before  bis  dofe  Gompanioii^  that 

^>OCV.;ic  had  ratbor  profcfs  the  vilelt  things,  of 

;jbiiplclf  in  open  Company^  than  bair:..his 

I  ^:Cl^rader  privately  ftt>m. bis. owa  Month. 

|u  ;  .         fSo.  that  we  may  readily  from  henoe  ooo* 

#I«de,  That  the  fhief  Jntereft  of  Ambitimt^ 

lAvmce^   Orruftion^  aad  every  fly   infi- 

jUaatiBg  jfUcfj  is  to  prevent .  this.  Interview 

^nd  FaiQiliarity  of  Difconrfe  which  is  con- 

fj|  ;  .  •:feqncnt  upon  dofe  Retirement  and  inward 

■j  *€cefi^'Tis  the  gtand  Artifice  of  f^i^iff^ 

P  ^  ;  il^udnefs^  2(S  weD  as  oi  Suferfiithn^  AX«^> 

i    .         ["     '    i^fld  CrtduUiy^  to.  put  us  upoh  Terms  of 

^greater  Diltance  and  Formality  with  our 

(  '  felves,  and  evade  our  provinjg  Method  of 

i  ,5oMtoc^0Y-  <  And  for  this  reafon,  how 

\     (     V  ,^ious  foever  may  be  the  Inftruftion  and 

\     [^  pofttineof  Anw4/i/?xi   their  very.  Manner 

;,     I  .  '  it  fclf  is  a  fufficieht  BKnd^  or  Reimr^y  in 

I     n        •  '   .  the  way  of  Honcfty  and  good  Senfe, :  ;  ' 

\     \  I  am  fenfible,  that  Ihou'd  my  Reader  be 

;     [  I  .    pcradventure  ^Lovtr^  after  the  more  pro- 

1     \  \  found  and  folemn  way  of  Love,  he  woa'd 

I  be  apt  to  conclude,  that  he  was  no  Stranger 

/  •  to  our  proposed  Method  of  Praftice;  being 

:'    f  :  confcious  to  himfelf  of  having  often  made 

)  '  ^  .vigorous  Excurfions  into  tbofe  folitary  Re^ 

jj  -gions  above  mentipnVi  \  where  SoUU^y  is 

upheld  with  moftAdvantage.     H?  may 

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AN  .tfatHoW  ''ftj     V  . 

*aadreft  th.e  Wciods  and  Kocks-ln  andibl?'^li. 
^articulate  Soands,  and  fcemingly  expoIEu-'*^^'^'   " 
lated  with  himfelf  in  fucha  manned' as-  if  , 

he  had  really  fom*d  the  rcqBifitel>«/?i»ri 
titttt  and  had  the  iPower  to  entertain  Mmi- 
.  \  felf  in  doe  form.  But  it  is  very  apparent, 
that  notwithltanding  aU  were  true  wMclt 
we  have  here  fopposM,  it  can  noKway  rwch  ' 

the  Cafe  before  us.  ForapaffionateLover, 
whatever  Solitude  he  may  affid,  caii  nevei^ 
be  truly.iy  himfelf.     His  Cafe  is  Ukc  the  , 

jiutbor*s  who  has  begun  his  Courtlhip  to  ',• 

the  Publick,  and  b  embarkM  in  an  Intri^  ' 

which  fofficiently  amufes,  and  takes  hiW 
out  of  himfelf.  Whatever  he  meditates  a* 
lone,  is^intermpted  ftin  by  the  imag|n*d 
Prefence  of  the  Miftrefs  he  purfues.  Not 
a'  Thought,  not  an  Expreflion,  not  a  Sigh,  -*' 

that  is  purdy  for  Himfelf.    AH  is  appro- 
priated, and  all  devoutly  tendered  to  the  . 
Objea  of  his  Paffion.     In  fo  much  that 
there  is  nothing  ever  lb  trivial  or  acdden-.        *    >         , 
tal  of  this  kind,  that  he  is  not  delirons    .       . 
lhou*d  be  witnefs'd  by  the  Party,  wbofe 
Qrace  and  Favour  hefollidts.   . 

'  ^is  the. fame  Reafon  which  keeps  the  ^      • 

ima^nary  Saint,  or  Myftiek,  firom  being  '  ; 

capable  of  this  Entertainment.-  Inftead  of    '   *■'.    ' 
.looking  narrowly  into  his  own  Nature  Md  , 

Mind,  that  he  may  be  QOf  longer  a  Myftary  ■    \ 

-■  "  C4  to   • 

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PttrtJ^  tp  luaiiel^  .he  js  taken  up  with  the  CoiW' 
^!!^f^  tcmplation;  of  other  myfterioas  Natures,  ^ 
which  he  can  never  explain  or  ^mprehend.  *  • 
He has.tj\e  Speacrs  of  his  Zeal  before  his. ; 
j^yes}  and  is  as  fiuniliar  with  hisModes, 
I  JJ^ences,  Ferfpnages,  and  Exhibitions  of 

j  P!b  i  T  Y,  ^s  the  Ccnjurir  with  hisf different 

I  Fprms,  Sp^s,  and  Orders  of  G  b  n>  i  or  - 

[  ^*  Pa  HON  s.    So  that  we  make  no  doubt  tof 

|/;  aOert  that  ^  not  fo  much  as  a  reclufe  Re-  . 

/ 1  ligioniftj  ;  a  ^Votary,  or  Hermit^  was  eyw. 

I  \  \  trvdy  ly  Mmfilf*     And  thus  iince*'neither. 

i  ../    •       Lpvir^  '4^h$fr^  A^yfi^^K  ^^  C§9fjunr  (who.  - 

I    .  are  tiie  only  Claimants)  can  truly  or  jufily* 

b9 /;intitrd-tp  a  Share  ip  this  Self-enter-rr 
tainment  i  jt  ^  remains  that  the  only  Perfon; 
iptjturd,  is  the  <^4ii  of  Senfi^  the  54jfr,  or. 
Pbihfffhir.  However,  lince  of  aU  others 
Charaders  we  are  generaUy  the  moft  ini». 
cUn'4  to  &vonr  that  of  4  f^avtr^  it  may. . 
not,  we  hope,  be  impertinent,. on  thisoc*- 
otiion,  to  recite  the  Story  of  an  Amour,     ,  : 

A  ViRTaoos  young  Prince  of  a  Heroick 
Soul,  capable  of  Love  and  Friendihip,  made ) 
Xyar  upon  a  Tyrant,  who.  was  in  every 
rcfpeft  bis  Reverfc.  *Twas  the  Happinefsr 
\  .  of  our  Prince  to  be  as  great  a.Cpn(^ucror  by  j  > 
his  Clcmcnqr  and  Bounty,  as  by  his  Arms 
a^d.piU^ryyirtuCj  -Alrejdy  he^^^^^ 

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AN    AOTHOR.  »5 

"over  to  his  Party  fevcral  Potentates  and  Se&^ 
Princes,  who  before  had  been  fabjed  to*'*'^'^' 
the  Tyrant.     Among  thofe  that  adher*d    .   .  t 

ftill  to  the  Enemy,  there  was  a  Prince,  who  • 
having  all  the  advantage  of  Perfon  and  '  \ 

Merit,  had  lately  been  made  happy  in  the 
Pofleffion  and  mutual  Love  of  the  molt  beau- 
tiful Princefs  in  the  world.  It  happen*d 
that  the  Occalions  of  the  War  call'd  the  ] 

newtmarry'd  Prince  to  a.diftance  from  his  .         | 

bclov'd  Princefs.    He  left  herfecure,  as  he'  '.  | 

thought,  in  a  ftrong  Caftle,  far  within  the'  ^       ! 

Country.    But  in  his  abfence  the  place  was  * 
taken  by  furprize,  and  the  Princefs  brought'     "     ,     •      ' 
a  Captive  to  the  Qsaxtcxi  of  our  heroick'  *    ' 

Priuc?.  *      '   . 

There  was  in  the  Camp  a  young  l^pble-  ,  ' 

Jinan,  Favourite  of  the  Prince;  one  who'  .       . 
had  been  bred  up  with  him  from  his  Youth,  .    /    " 

•  and  who  was  ftill  treated  by  him  with  per- 
fed  Familiarity.    Him  he  immediately  fent  .  | 

for,  and  with  ftria;  Injundions  committed  1 

the  captive  Princefs  to  hischarge^refolving  < 

ihe  lhou*d  be  treated  with  that  Refped  ; 

which  was  due  to  her  high  Rank  and  Merit. 
!Twa?  the  lame  young  Lord,  who  haddif-  1 

covered  her  diiguis*d  among  the  Prifoners,'  ..  \ 

and  learnt  her  Story;  the  particulars  of  ! 

which  he  now  related  to  the  Prince.    He     •  | 

fpokcfnextafyonthisoocafion;  teUingthe     ^  j 


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fo  Ad  Vies  Tb 

;PafC  L  Prince  how  beaatifiil  (he  appeared,  eveb  in 

^^"^^^  the  midft  of  Sorrow  i  and  tho  dirgnis*d  un* 

i    .  der  the  meaneft  Habit,  yet  how  diftingoiflH 

I  able,  by  her  Air  and  Manner,  from  every 

1  dtber  Beauty  of  her  Sex.    Bat  what  ap« 

I  pearM  wonderful  to  him,   was  that  the 

I    .'  Prince  all  this  while  difcoYer'd  nottheleaft 

intention  of  feeing  her^  or  (atisfying  that 

I  ^  Gariofityy  which  &em'd  Co  natoral  on  fiicb 

an  occafion.    He  prefi'd  him )  bat  in  vain. 

!  \  *  ^  Not  fee  her.  Sir !  faid  he,  when  flic  is  fo 

.         ^^  handfomir  "^ '  ^ 
;  \  ^  For  that  very  reafon^  replyM  the 

'     H  Prince,  I  wonM  the  rather  decline  the 
i     -  *  **  Interview.    ForJhon'd  I^  upon  the  bare 

I  .   t^  report  of  her  Beaaty,  be  lb  charmM  as 

I  *5  td  make  the  firftVifitat  this  argent  time 

*f  of  Bafiiiefs;  I  may  npon  fight,  with  bet- 
I  ^  terreafon,i>e  indacM  perhaps  to  vifither, 

I  r  >   .  ^y  when  I  am  more  at  leifare :  and  fo  a-* 

i  .  ^  gainandagain^  tiDatlaltlmayhave  no 

^  H  leifare  left  for  my  Afiairs;'* 

•  **  WouM  yott  perfnade  me  then,  laid^ 
I  ^'  *  ^  the  young  Nobleman  (fmiUng)  that  a' 
1  **  fiiif  Face  can  have  foch  Power  as  to  force 

H  th0  Wm  it  felf;  and  conftrain  a  Man  in  * 
**  any  rcfpcft  to  aft  contrary  to  what  he  • 
«^  thinks  becoming  him?  Are  we  to  hear  kea 
**  tp  the  Poets  in  what  they  teU  us  of  that ' 
*  fMncendian(.  Lov.B,  and  his.  irrefiftible; 

'i^/-  •       '    *  '       .**  Flames? 


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AN    AUTHPR,  ^t       '    ■ 

«»  Flames?    A  real  Flame,  we  fee,  born*  Sjjih 

*VaU  alike.    Bot  that  imaginary  one  cf  *-0'^*  -      .     j 

**  Beauty  harts  only  thpfe  who  are  con- 

♦»  renting.    It^fiefts  nootherwife,  than  as  '  f 

«  we.  our-fetwsarepleasM  to  allow  it.    la 

**  many  Cafes  we  abfolntely  command  it  i  ,      i 
«*  as  where  Relation  and  Confanguinity  are 

^*  in  the  neareft  degree.     Authority  and  t 

"LaWj  we  fee,. can  matter  it.    But *twou*d  i 

^  be  vain  as  well  as  unjuft,  for  any  Law  to  j 

*^  intermeddle  or  prcfcribe,  were  not  the  j 

«;  Cafe  voluntary,  and  our  Will  iatireVf     ^  j 

*^  freer  ,  ■■  -       I 

**  How  comes  it  then,  reply'd  tlie  Prince, 
**:  that  if  we  iare  thus  Matters  of  our  Choice*  i 

**  and  free  at  firft  to  love  where  we  ap-  •  j 

♦'  provcj  we  cannot  afterwards  as  well  | 

.  **  ceafc  to  love  when  we  fee  caufe  ?    This  „     I 

«  latter 'Z-ftw/y  you  will  hardly  defend.         .      '         | 
?'  For  I  doubt  not,  but  you  have  heard  of  .  '| 

>»  many,    who   tho  they    were  us*d  to 
««  fet  the  higheft  value  upon  Liberty  be-       . 
♦*  fore  they  lov'd,  yet  afterwards  were  »#-  •  . 

<^  ffj(j7r«r;4to  ferveinthe  mott'abjed  man- 
**'  ner :  .finding  themlelves  co&ftrain*d  and 
«*  bound  by  a  ftronger  Chain  than  any  of 
«!  Iron,  or  Adamant.** 
•  .»*  Such  Wretches,  reidy*d  the  Youth,  I 
**  have  often  heard  complain  *,  who,  if  you 
f*  win  believe  *em,  arc  wretched  indeed, 

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«?  Advice  to 

9itth  ^  withoat  Means  or  Power  to  help  them*: 

/        l/V>tf  u  fclves.    You  may  hear  *em  in  the  fame 

I  ^       *♦•  manner  complain  grievoufly  of.  Life  it 

I       ^  ^  fclf.    Bat  tho  there  arc  Doors  enow  to 

j  *        ^  go  out  of  life^  they  find  it  belt  to  keep' 

'  **  ikiU  where  they  are.    They  are  the  lame 

**  Pretenders,  who  thro  this  Plea  of  iw^ 

\  ^^^JiftibU  Necejfity  make  bold  with  what  is 

M    .  ^^  another's,  and  attempt  onlawfbl  Beds.. 

I    I         •  "  But  the  Law  makes  bold  with  them  in  its 

i    !  **  tarn,  as  with  other  Invaders  of  Proper- 

-r  "  ty.    Neither  is  it  your  Coftom,  Sir,  to 

J  '      X      **  pardon  fuch  Offences.    So  that  Beaaty  it 

^         '        .  "  fclf,  you  mull  allow,  is  innocent  and 

'    •    .  ^    ^^  harmlefs,  and  can  compel  no  one  to  do 

^^  any  thing  amifs.    The  bebaoch'd  compel 

*f  themfclves,  and  unjuftly  charge  their 

,     .1     •  \^  Goilton  LovB.    They  who  nje  honelt, 

<^  and  jalt,  can  admire  and  love  whatever 

^  is  beabti^U  without  offering  at  any  thing 

**  beyond  what  is  allowM.    How  then  is  it 

{  •*  poflible.  Sir,  that  one  of  your- Virtue 

^  .         •  ^  fliouM  be  in  pain  on  any  fuch  account,  or 

**  fear  fuch  a  Temptation?    You  fee.  Sir, 

«       ^^  I  am  found  and  whole,  after  having  be- 

I  «  held  the  Princefst    I  have  conversed  witK 

I  ^  her ',  j  have  admired  her  in  the  higheffi 

!  **  degree  :  Yet  am  i»)r/<//  ftiUiand  in  *mjr 

(  .  *«'  Duty  V  and  ftallbe  ever  in  the  lame  man-^ 

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AN.  Author.'  ^? 

«  »Tis  wen,  (reply*d  the  Prince)  kccpSe&|]a^ 
«  youcfclf  fo.  Bcthcfiime.Man:  andlook  ,..,^ 
"well,  to  your  Charge,  as  it  becomes  you.  *    .    } 

«»  For  it  may  fo  happen  in  the  preftnf  pot  .      ? 

«  tare  of  the  War,  that  this  Fair  Prize. 
'«  maylbndusingoodftcad"  *    , 

'  With  this  the  young  Nobleman .  dci»r- 
ted  to  execute  his  Commiflion :  and  im-  *       ; 

mediately  took  fuch  care  of  the  captive  ;  • 

Princefs  and  her  Houlhold,  that  ihe  feem*4  ■■ 

as  perfeaiy  obey*d,  and  had  every  thing  '    ^ 

that.belong'd  to  her  in  as  great  Splendor 
now,  as  in  her  Principality,  and  in  the. 
height  of  Fortune.    He  found  her  in  every.  •    , 

.rerpeaaeferving,andlawinheraGenerpfity.  '    .    • 

of  Soul  which  was  beyond  her  other  Charms.,  '; 

His  Study  to  oblige  her,  and  foften  her  Dit 
treis,  made  her  in  returri  dcCrous  to  exprcfs . 
a  Gratitude ;  which  he  eafily  perceiv*d.   She 
fliew'd  on  every  occafion  a  real  Concern  for  ,  i 

hislntereft  j  and  when'  he  happen*d  to  &tt  .  , 

ill,  file  took  fuch  care  of  him  her  felf  andr 
by  her  Seirvants,  that  he  feiem*d  to  owe  his  I 

Recovery  to  her  Friendlhip. 

.  From  thefe  Be^nnings,  infeufibly,  and;  ; 

by' na&iral  degrees  (a's  may  eafily' be  con- 
.   ceivM)  the  Youth  fell  defperately  in  Love..         -     • '      .  j 
Atiirft  he  ofier*d  not  to  make  the  leaft  men- 
tion 6f  his  Paflion  to  the  Princefs.    Forhe^  ..       | 
icarce  dar'd  tell  it  m  blmftlf.    But  after*' 
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JO  Advicb'  to 

f9Sth  wards  he  gfew  bolder.  She  receiv'd  bis 
^'^^f'^  Declaration  with  an  ona&ded  Trouble  and 
Concern^  ipoke  to  him  as  a  Friend,  to  di& 
ioade  him  as  much  i^s  poflible  from  foch  an, 
extravagant  Attempt.  But  when  he  talk'd 
p. her  of  Farciy  Die  fent  away  immediately 
one  of  her&ith&IDomeftickstothelPrince,, 
to  implore  his  Protedion.  The  Prince  re- 
ceived the  Meflage  with  the  Appearance  of 
more  than  ordinary  Concern  :  fent  ,in- 
ftantly  for  one  of  his  firft  Minifters  \  and 
bid  him  go  with  that  t>omeftick  to'  the 
young  Kobleman,  and  let  him  know^ 
**  That  Force  was  not  to  be  offered  to  fuch. 
•^  a  Lady  5  Per  fuafion  he  might  ufe,  if  he 
"  thought  fit-** 

.  The  Minifter,  who  was  no  Friend  to  the^ 
young  Nobleman,  £iird  not  to  aggravate, 
the  Meflage,.  inveighM  j^ublickly  againft^ 
hiQ  on  this  occafion,  and  to  tus  Face  re--^ 
proachM  him  as  a  Traitor  and  biihononrer^ 
of ^s  Prince  and  Nation*/  with  all  that: 
cou'd  be  iaidagainft  him,'  as  guilty  of  the 
highefl:  Saailege,  Perfidioufiiefs,  and  Breach^  * 
of  Truft.   $0  that  in-  reality,  the  Youthj 
lookM  upon  bis  Cafe  as  dcfperatc,  fell  in-^ 
to  the  deepeft  AJelanchbly,  and  prepared 
blmfelf'for.thafFato^  yhichhethottght^^ 

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.  In  this  Condition  the  Prince  fent  to  fpeak  Seft^  2* 
with  him  alone :  and  when  he  law  him  in  the  ^>VVi 
utmoft  Confofion,  ^^  I  find,  /aid  he^  my 
^  Friend,  I  am  now  become  dreadful  to 
^  you  indeed;  fincc  you  can' neither  fee 
^^  me  without  Shame,  ndr  imagine  me  to 
^  be  without  Refentment.  But  away  witlj 
**  an  thofe  Thoughts  from  this  time  for- 
**  wards.  I  know  how  much  you  have 
**  fuffer'd  on  this  occafion.  I  know  the 
**  Power  of  Loy  B,  and  am  no  otherwiie 
"  lafemyfelf,  than  by  keeping  out  of  the 
**  way  of  Beauty:    'Twas  I  who  was  in  v  ,    /   | 

^  fault ;  'twas  I  who  matched  you  with  1 

**  that  unequal  Adverfary,  and  gave  yo^        ^  .  i 

*^that  impraaicable  Task  and  hard  Ad-  f 

**  venture,   which  no  one'^yet  was  ever  -  \ 

**ftrong  enough  to  accomplifli.^.      .  ^  ': 

•*  In  this,  Sir,  rcplyM  the  Youtlw  as  in  ^  j 

*Vallelfe^youexprefs.thatGoodndiwhic^    *  | 

**  is  fp  natural  to  you^.  You  have  Com^  1 

"  paffion^  and  can  aUov^  for  human  Frailty  t  [ 

**  but  the  reft  of  l^ankind  win  never  ceafe  ! 

^  to  upbraid  m^  *Nor  Ihan  I  ever  be  for-- 
**  given,  were  I  able  ever  to  forgive  ^y^ 
^  fel^  I  am  reproachM^  by .  my  neareft 
^^  Friendsi  I  muft  be  odious  taall  Man«? 
^  kind  J  wherever  I  am  kn9wn4.  The  lea£b  | 

"  Puniihment^  1 4an  think  due  .to  mej>^  is  .      { 

J*  BaailhmentforcverfroniyourPrcfcnce.'*   . 
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FartL'    **  Think  not  of  foch  a  thing  ft&tvtr'^ 
yV?*?  «*  laid  the  Prince,  but  troft  me  \  if  yon  te- 
**  tire  only  f«r  4  whUt,  I.  flaU  fo  order  it,  : 
'  **.  that  you  fhall  foon  retorn  again  with  the  ' 
H  Apphufe,  even  of ,  thofe.  who  are  now 
M  your  Eneniys,  when  they  find  what  a  ■ 
*f  conliderablc  Service  yoo  fluli  have  ren- 
«  der*d.  both  to  them  and  me.**  : ,,    ' 

Such  a  Hint  as  this  was  fafficiefit  to  re*  " 
▼ive  the  Spirits  of  oor  defpairing  Y6oth«  . 
He  was  tranfported  to  think,   that  his  > 
Misfortones  con*d  be  tarn*d  any  way  to  the 
""Advantage of  his  Prince:  he  entered  with 
Joy  into  the  Scheme  the  Prince  had  laid  foe 
him,  and  was  now  eager  to  depart,  and 
ejtecoite  what  was  appointed  him.       '^Can 
**  you  then,  laid  the  Prbce,  refolvc  to 
^  quit  the  cJiarmingPrincefsr  >» 

**  OSirl  reply*d  the  Youth,  'well  am  I " 
"   ,   **'.now  iatisfy'd  thatlhaveinreaUtywith* 
V         **'»n  tas  tw»  difiinB  fefarMt  S«uh.  'This 
'  **'  Leflbn  of  Philofophy  I  have  IcarnM  from 
''<*'that  villanous  Sophifter  Lovh.     For 
«*' 'tis  impoiDblc  to  believe,  that  having  one 
*^  and  the  lameSonl^  it  fliou'd  be  at  once 
"both  Good  and  Bad,  paffionate  forVir^^ 
**  tue  and  Vice,  defirous  of  Contrarys. 
**  No.     TTicre  mnft ,  of  neaffitjr  be  Taw  A 
**.' and  when  rfcr  <7*w<  prevails", ', 'tis  then  that 
**  we.  9&  bandfonily  ^  when  iHe  Jtt,  then 
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AN    AuTHXyjLl  1^     . 

^  barely  and  villanoufly«  [  Sacb  was  ffiy.  Sed.  iV 
«*  Cafe.    For  of  late  tbilB  Sbut  was  whol-*  ^l/VV/ 
^  ly  Malter.    Bat  now  the  Good  prevails^ 
K  by  your  afliftance ;  andlam  plainly  a  new 
^.  Creature,  with  quite  another  jiffnhtn^    ^ 
^  fi^9  another  Rufin^  another  W  i  l  i.'' 


THUS,  it  may  appear  how  far  4  L»ver  | 

by  his  own  natural  Strength  may  reach  the,  \ 

chief  Principle  of  Fhilofophy,andttnderftand  \ 

our  Dodrine  of  TwoPerfom  in  one  individual  \ 

Sitf.    Not  that  our  Courtier,  we  fnppofe,  :  | 

was  able,  of  himfelf,  to  form  this  DifilnHim  .  j 

juftly  and  according,  to  Art.    For  couM  he  \ 

have  done  fo  \  he  wou'd,  have;  been  able  to  \  ' 

cure  himfelf,  without  the  aflSiftance  of  his 
Prince.    However  he  was  wife  enough^  toe         , 
fee  in  the  ifliie^thatrhis  /ir^r^^^ryicy  and^ 
Frtidom  were  mere  Glofles,  and  Rifilution  a^ 
Nofeof  Wax*    For  let.Wix-L  be  ever,  fo.  | 

free.  Humour  and  Fant^y  we  fee,  govern  it.  -  ■  \ 

And  thefe,  as  free  as  we  fuppofe  'em,  are  i 

often  changed,  we  know  not  how,  witiiout 
asking,  our  .confent,  or  givbg  us  any  ac^  { 

count,  li  Opnian  be  that  which  governs, 
and  makes  the  change ;  'tis  it  felf  as^  liable  / 

to  be  governed,  and  vary'd  in  its  turn.    And  i 

by  what  I  can  obferve  of  the  World,  Pdney 
and  Opjifim  fUnd  pretty  nrach  upon  the  fame 
bottom.    So  thkt^if  there  be  no  certain 


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^^^/ff^f^«r  or  jiitiiittr  eftabUih'd  withia  o)^  ia 
*J^jJ5  tike  account  of-theife  Opioibas  and  Fancy* 
)n>''dakForm,''andminotely  to  animadveii 
fipoii'tbeir  fereralGrovvths  andHabits^  we 
are  as  little  like  to  contune  a  Day,'  a .  Weck« ' 
ora'Year,  intbe  iamc  Wii,  asaTre^  da- 
.    ringa  Sammer,  intbeiame5iki(ff,  yritbooi 
the  Gardner's  altiftance,  and-tbe  vigorons. 
«]p»plication  of  tbe  Shears  and  Prttoing'knife/: 
,  '        ^  As  cruel  a  Court  as  the  /v^i/Srimjappedrsir 
'  thcjfe  muft.  It  ieems,  be  fittl  as^formidablc 
a  one,  ereded  lii '  our  felyes  •,.  if.  we  vrotf cf 
piretend  to  that  Uniformity  of  Opinioir 
which'  is  necelTary  to  bold  as  to  Mt  Witty 
and  -keep  us'  in'  the  fame  Mind^'  from  one. 
:    day  to  anothci','  Pbilofopby^  at  this  rate,^ 
win  be  thought  perhaps  little  better  thab'. 

f  Per&cation.  ;  And  m  Sufrtnrt  y^J£.  fn  mato-. 
ters  of  Inclinatibtt  and  Appetite/  muft  needs: 
go  exceedingly  againft  the  Heart.  ■  Eretji 
ptetty  Fancy  is  diftnrb*d  by  it :  Every  Plca- 
furiBittterruptedbyit,  TheCoarfet)fgood^^ 
ti[an)oar.  will  hardly  allow,  it:'  And  the* 
Pleafantry  of,  Wit  almoft  abfolutely  re jcSsJ 
it. .  It  .appears';  befitjes,  like  a.kind  of  Pe-^ 
d^try,  .to  be  thus '  magiftcrial,  with  pur.' 
fi|iy<;?r  thusf  ftria-pver  our  Imaginations,- 
aq4  with  all  tlve  aji^s  of  a  real  Fedagogpeto' 
^jCbliqtqpIIyrtUcenxip  in  thf  Conr  Care  audi 
%!tff«'^  of  JTo  many,  j)oyilh  Fancys,  Tjn— 
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AN  Author^  .   ,}^^'' 

Itjfclsy  Appetites  and  Dear<?8,  which ,  ar?  'S^i^ 
perpetaajly  playing  tmnt,  ioi  as^  ^S*}'^^^''^^ 

refidon, ■„■■/■.  .    .■  !..-...     ■■'•.■■• 

'We  hope  however,  that  by  .ov. Method. 

©r  JhraSia/and  thie  help,  of .  the  gra^4, 
jireanumi  which  we  have  profcfsM  to  re- 
vealj  this  Regimenot  DifeifUne  of  the  Fan^ 
<ys  may  not  in  the  end  prove  fo  fevere  or . 
mortifying  as  is  imagin'd. ,  We  hope  alfo' 
that  our  P4f/«»f  (for  fuch  we  naturally  wp-, 
pofe  our  Reader)  will  confidcr  duly  with, 
himfclf,  that  what  he  endures  in  thisOpc- 
nition  is  for  no  inconfiderablc  End: "  Cnc«  - 
*tis  to  gain  him  a  WiU^  and  infure  him-  aj  . 
etrtdn  Refilution',  by  which  he  (hill  know 
V*ere  to  find  himfelf  i  be  fare  of  his  own.' 
Meaning  and  DeCgni   and  as  to  all  his 
Peiires,  Opinions  and  Inclinations;  be  war- 
ranted one  and  the  fame  Perfon  to  day  as 
y^ftcrday,  and  to  morrow  as  to  day. 
This,  perhaps,  win  be  thought  a  Miracle 

by  one  who  wcU  conliders  the  Nature  of  .     ■ 
Mankind,  and  the  Growth,  Variation,  and 

Infie^on  of  ^ffff/ir*  and  Humw,  For 
Appbtitb,  which  is  elder  Brother  to 
R  a  AS  OK,  being  the  Lad  of  ftronger 
Growth,  is  fure  to  draw  all  to  his  own  fide. 
And  »7i/  is  but  at  beft,  a  Foot'B^U  or  Top  . 
b{;tWeen  thefc  Youngltcrs,  who  prove  very 
.unfortunately  match'd  \  ^U  the  youAgeft, 
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^jJ|:iriiteaa[ofiibj^  and  then  aKickor  lilh  be-^ 
^'^'^'ifowM  to  little  pdrpofc/forlake*  theBatfi 
or  Top  it  felf,  and  l)egiiu  to  by  about  Bis' 
ejdcr  Btdtlier.    Tis  tt>ed  that- the  Scene 
changes.  For  the'elder,  like  an  arrant  Gim*- 
ard^  upon  this  treatment^  i>refently  grows 
civil/  and  affords  the  yoanger  as  fidr  Play' 
afterward?  as  6e  can  deCre,'  "'    '' 

*  Apd  here  it  is  that  Qof  $pTerdgn  Remed/ 
and  GymiiMplik  Method  of  Sdii ioQjJr 
mes  its  Rifei  wh^nby'a  certain  ppwerfnl 
Fi^re  of  inward  Rhetorick,  the   Mind 
.  f/"J^7/'^««'  its  ownFAA'cYS)  raiies'em' 
'  i^.  their  proper  5i4pw'  ^taii  Ttrfondgti^  and 
"^drcDcs  *em'  femiliarly,  .i^Jthoot  thcr  leaft 
Ceremoh^  or  Rcfpeft.'   By  this  means  it 
wi)l  foon  hapi)cn '  tha?  Two  form*d  P-nTyr 
,  win  ered  ttafelvcs  within^    For  th^  Imi* 
gihationsor'Fahcys  being' thus  roundly  trea- 
ted, are'  forc*d  to  declare  thepifelvcs,  and 
take  Party.    Thofe  oh;  th<f  ficle  of  the  elder 
Prothcr  ArPBTiTi;  aife  "ftrangely fubtilc 
lind  indriuatuig.'  They  have  always  the 
.        Fadulty  tp:  fpeak  bf  Nods  and  Winks.    Bf 
^bis' means  they  conceal  half  their  meaning, 
and  like  modern  Politicians  pafs  for  deeply 
wife,  and  adorn  thcmfejves  with  the  fineft 
Pretexts  and  moft  fpedoos  Glofles  ima^- 
nable;  till  being  confronted  with  tbeitFcl- 
lows'of  a  plainer  I^guage  and  Expitfiion, 
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they  arc  forc'd  tQ  quit  their, myftwoa$-£j&2.' 
Manner*  and  (tifcoyer  thcipaftlir^  mcre^-'N&^^'vV 
p)l>»i/?wand%«/^«>:/,  whohav?ftottheleaft:  j 

to  do  with  the  Party  of  R  b:  A  «.o  *i  apd /wf^^ 

&»/<.';,. ...-...., •A  ■.. ■■.■-  .■•'■•■■■     ••-••'•( ' .    .    .  i 

'  Accordingly  we  might  now.iprpceed  to. 
exhibit  diftinSly,  and  in  due  method,  the   .  •      , 

Form  andMannej;of.thisPr#fc««»flff,  orJS*-  ! 

mi/ft  as  it  regards  all  Men  in  general    But  ^  ! 

thcCafcof  ^arfeflr/,' in  particular,  .Ijeing,  ! 

n|we  apprehendtlthemoiLurgeatvweihall  i 
apply  our  Rule  In  the  firft  place  to  thefe 
Gentlemen,  whom  it  fo  highly  imports  to  , 
Jinow  themfelves,  and  underftand  the  na- 
tural Strttiph  and  Ptvm,  as  well  as  the 

>r*4l»*^/of  a  human  Mind.'   For  withou;:  j 

this  Underftanding,   the  //7/fflriVwVJudg-  j 

ment  win  be  very  d,efe£kive  •,  the  tollticlM^f   ^  \ 

Views  very  narrow,  and  chimerical;  and'  5 

i  the  Toet*t  Brain,  however  ftockM  with  Fie-  1 

•  tion,^  will  be  but  poorly  fiirnifiiM ;  as  in  the  .    .  j 

fcquel  we  Ihajl-make  appear.    He  who  deals  •     \ 

in  cw<a?tf»'/,  mull  of  neccffity  know  Wi       ,      -    :.  ' 

\«p»i  ior  be  will  "know  nothing.^    And  he 

<  who  woa*d  give  the  World  a  profitable  EhJ  | 

.  tertainment  of  this  ibrt,Th6u*d  befurc  to 
profit,' firft^  by  himfelf.    For  in  this  fenfci 

-  VfTifdom  as  %'cll  as  Chttriiy  may  be  hoacftiy 

-^  IGud  w  fcf^rtr  4^  A»i«*.  There  is  ho  way  <tf 

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^^^^^^beuJiM/cf  others,  Without  firft  tddng'iui^ 
UVentoiy  of  the  lame  kind  of  Goods  miiuk\ 
oWTelves^  and  fonreyiog  our  dbmeftidc^ 
Food.  A  littlci  of  this  /f«mr-Piraaiceiriaf 
i&rvc  to  make  great  I^ibo?eryjk  '      '•  '     I 

'  "TVooM  iM^ir^,  C^  ntrii  mum  St  iihl  ewtd 

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;  jtaivn  znd  -Grac*  in  human  Bodys^ 
xnuft  of  neceflity  have  difcover'd  the  great 
difference  in.  this  refpeft  between  fiich  Fer^ 
ibps  as  have  been  taoghtby^atpre  qnly^ 
an(^  fuch  as  by  Refle&ion>  and  the  help  of 
Art^  have  learnt  to  form  thofe- Motions 
ifvhich  on  experience  are  found  the  eafieit 
and;  moft  natural.  Qf  the  former  kind  arc 
Cither  thofe  good  Rujlich^  who  haye  been- 
bred  rcmpte  from  the  formM  Society s  of 
Men^  or  thole  plaiQ^mx^ii/^  ori^eQpleof 
lower  Rank,  y^ho  living  in  Citysan^PUces 
of  re(br^  have.  been. necel&tatedhowQrer 
^vfqllow  meaor4mploymentst  vA  W4nted 
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the  Opportojuty  and  Means  to  form  thcoi- ^Sfeft^, 
felTes  after  the  better  Models.  /There  arc*  "^ 
fomePerfoni'  indeed  fo  happily:  form*d  by} 
l^atareiier  felf^  that  with  the  greateft  iim«  ^ 
pilcityor  rudenefsof  Edacation,  theyhavC; 
itill  ibniething  of  a  ^taral  Grace  and  Gome?' 
liaeTs  in  their  Aaion:  And  there  are  others 
of  a  better  Edacation,  who  by  a  wrQng 
Aim  and  injadidoos  afifedation  of  Gnce, 
are  of  all  People  the  &rtbeft  rcmov*d  from 
it.    'Tis  undeniable  however,  that  the  Pcr^  ] 

feQion  of  Grace  and  Comeliners  in  A^on  | 

'  and  Behavioor,  can  be  found  only  among  tthe  | 

People  of  a  liberal  Education.     And  even  { 

among  the  graceful  of  this  kind,  thofe  ftitt  ,    f 

are  found  the  gracefollefl^  who  early  .in 
their  Youth  have  learnt  their  Exerdfes,  ■ 

lind  forth*d  their  Motions  under:  the  beft  .[ 

Mafier/,^  ■    ■.  ■,     •  •'  ■[ 

Kowfochas  thcCc  Mdfiert  and  their  Lef- 
,  ^ns  iare  to  afne  GenHenum^  fuch  are  PiuU- 
fifbtrtf  and  Philofophy,  to  tuiAuthw*  The 
Cafe  is  the  iame  in  the  f*^t«tuiiU<,  and  iQ 
the  litetati  World.  In  the  former  of  thefe 
*tis  remark*d,  that  bf  the  help  of  Company 
and  the  force  of  Example  merely,  a  decent 
,  Carriage  is  acquired,  with  fuch  apt  Motions 
andfucha  Freedom  of  Limbs,  as  on  all  or<» 
.dinary  oocaCons  may  enable  the  Party  to 
toean  lumfe^f  like  i(GeACleman»fi~  Bat 
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J^^  wlien  opott  farther  oocaiSon,  Trial  Is  inadt 
in  an  extraordinary  way}  wtoiE:cerdicsj(^ 
tbe  genteeler  kind  are  to  ':be  perfonnM  19 
fvbUek,  'twill  eafily  appear  who  of  the  Pre- 
tenders have  known  Rudiments  and  had  Mar 
iters  til  friv0tt\  and^ho  on  the  other  fide 
hxn  contented  theimlelves  with  bare  Iffli* 
iation,  end  leanit  only  cafaaBy  andby  tote. 
The  FaraOel  is  eaiily  made  «n  the  fide  of 
Wriitrs.  They  have  at  leaft  as  -mndi  need 
of  learning  the  feveral  Motions,  Goonter* 
j^iTes  and  Ballances  of  the  Mind  and  Pai^' 
fions,  as  the  other  Stndents  thoCt  of  tht 
BodyandUmbs.  .:    -i 

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y^Scribendi  nU^t  foftrt  tfi  &  fritieifiim 

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"-':'.?  .      •  '.  ■  ^         .....: 

•UuGMlMtt'tOi  doabt  may  pen  a  Letter  .. 
to  his  Miftrefs,  ■  as  the  Cturtitr  may  a.  Com- 
Idiment  totluMimfier,  or  the  Minifter  to 
tbt  FdveurkiitiQVt  him,  withoat  going  fach 
vaft  Depths  into  Learniag  or  Philofophy. 
fiat  .for  thefe  privile^d  Gentlemen,  tbo 
they  fet  Faibions  and  prefcribe  Rales  in  o« 
ther. Cafes,  they  are  no  Contronlers  in  the 
Commonwealth  of  Letters.  Nor  are  they 
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liature  t»  intitlc  'em  to  hold  the  Rank  of  ^^^^'^^ 
UutUrsi  or  be  ftil'd  Writm  by  way  of  Ex- 
cellence in  the  kind.    ShduM  their  Ambttioft 
lead  ^em  into  fnch  a  Held,  they  wouM  bfe  * 
obligM  to  come  otherwife  eqoip'd.  -  They 
nirho  enter  the  pnblick  Lifts,  mnft  come 
tiuly  traiifd,  and  exerds'd,  like  well  ap 
Tk>inted  Cavaliers,  expert  in  Arms,  and 
wen  inftrnded  in  the  Ufe  of  their  Wea^ 
pon,  and  Management  of  their  Steed:    For   - 
to  be  well  accoutred,  and  well  mounted, 
is  not  falEcient.    The  Horfe  alone  can  ne^ 
ver  make  the  Hcrftnum:  nor  Limbs  tht 
Wreftler  or  the  Dsncer.      No  more  can  a 
Genios  alone  make  a  Toe$  ^  or  good-  Parts  4 
Writer^  in  any  conliderable  kind.    The  Skill 
^d'Crace  of  Writing  is  founded,  as  our ' 
wife  Poet  tells  us,  in  Knowledg  and  good 
Sinfo:  And  not  barely  in  that  Knowledg, 
which  is  to  be  learnt  from  common  Authors,        * 
or  the  general  Converiation of  the  World; 
but  from  thofe  Rules  of  Art,  which  Pbilo^ 
fophy  alone  exhibits. 

The  Philofophical  Writings,  to  which  our 
Poet  in  his  Art  of  ?onry  refers,  were  in 
themfelves  a  kind  oiVoitry^  like  the  ^iW, 
or  perfonated  Pieces  of  early  times,  bcifori 
FhUofifhy  was  in  vogue,  and'  when  as  yet 
Drdfnaiical  Jmhdtiofi  Was  icarce  formM, *of  «  / 
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g^  »^  l^  ia  inany  Parts,  not  brought  tit^dac 
??^^^'"'y  were  Keces  whic^l? 
mthcirforce  of  StUe,  and  hidden  Nriq^; 

Reatalsof  fuchp*r>»4r.^i)^P«„y-4^ie^ 
the  Perions  thcmfekes  had  their  Charaaer*' 
prcrerv'd  throughout  •,  their  Manners,  Ha-' 

•      f^o««randdiftinaTurn,ofTempcJani 
UAdcrftanding  maintained,   according  td. 
Jh?  moll  exaa  foeM  Tmh,  •  .,»fwa»  not^ 
.  enough  that  thcfe  pieces  treated  fimdamen!- 
W  of  McTMl,,  and  in  confequence  pointed 

^ibited  em  ^«t,.,  and  fct  the  Countenance* 
and  qomijexion,  of  Men  plainly,  in  view.^ 

'  iT?lt'  ^'  °**°*  they  not  pnl7  taught: 
JJ^'^'J-r.O.W,;  but.  what waspl?ind|ai; 
and  of  highcll  virtue  in  »em,  they  taueht 
M  to  know  Our  fthet,  "    -  ^   ■ 

.    .    The  PhilofopWcal  Htro  of  thefe  PoeinsJ 

Whofc  Name  they  carry»d  both  in  thdr  Body 
and  Front,  and  whofe  Genius  and  Manner 
Jhqr  were  made  to  reprefcnt,  was  in  him- 
f?"  *.  M'^  Ct^sller }  yet  in  Ibme  risTpefts, 
,10  veil'd,  andin  aQoud,  that  to  theunai!.^'^ 
tchtyrc  Sonreyor  he  feem»d  often  to  be  very 
Siprent  from  what  be  reaUy  was  t  ahd  this' 
.  <^fM,TuCQn,ot$  iDcrtaio cxquifitp and' 
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AN  AUT*HOR# 

rW^^dRaiBcry  which  belonged  t6  his  Man^^ 
licr,  and  by  virtue  of  which  he  couM  treat 
thi higheftSubjeas,  and thofc  of  the com^ 
*  xtioneft  Capacity  both  together^  and  rendet' 
.^em  explanatory  of  each  other.  So  that  in 
this  Genius  of  writing,  there  appearMboth 

.  the  hercici  and  the  fimfUy  the  tragicl  and* 
the  cotkick  Fein.  Hov^ver,  it  was  fo  or- 
dered, that  notwithftanding  the  oddnefs  or* 
xnyfterioufnefs  of  the  principal  Charader,, 
the  Vndet'farts  orfecond  CharaElers  Ihew'd 
Human  Ifature  more  diftindly,  and  to  the 

)  Life.  We  might  here,  as  in  a  LooHn^^ 
CUfsj  dilcovcr  our  fclvcs,  and  fee  our  mi-^ 
Huteft  Features  nicely  delineated  and  futed 
to  our  own  Apprehenfion  and  Cogniiance,' 
JSIo  one  who  was  ever  fo  little  a  while  aq[ 
InfpcQior,  but  mult  coqiq  acquainted  with 
liis  own  Heart.  And  what  was  of  (Ingular 
note  in  theft  magical  Glaffes  i  it  wou'd  hap- 
pen,  that  .by  conftant  and .  long  Infpeaion, 
the  Partys  accuftom'd  to  the  Praflice,  wou?d 

^  acquire  a  peculiar  ffecuUthe  Habit  j  fo  as 

'  virtually  to  carry  about  with  'em  a  fort  of 
Tcclet^^Afirreur^  always  ready,  and  in  ufc^ 
In  this,,  there  were  Tw  Faces  which  wou'4 
naturally  prefent  themfelyes  to  pur  Vicvf,; 

•  Ow of  them,  likethe  commanding  Genius;, 
^e  Leader  and  Chief  jiboye  mcntiotfdi  the 

^irjf,  Uke  that  rude  undifciplinM  and  l\eadi 

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^^^  ftrong  Creature^  whom  we  oor  fdres  in. 

**^^>?  oar  nstnral  Capacity  moft  exaftly  refembrd, , 
Whatever  we  were  employed  io,  wbaitevec 
we  let  about}  if  once  we  had  abqiurM  th^  * 
|iabit  of  this  Mhrnr  *,  we  ihon'd,  by  virtnsi 
of  the  dooble  Refledion,  diftingnilh  ooC' 
j^Tcs  into  two  difierent  Partys.  •  And  ia' 
this  Drsnwkk  Method,  the  Work  oif  Self' 
hfftBiag  woa*d  proceed  with  ^idmirabl^ 
;?nocefi.  >        , 

-  n*is  no  wonder  that  the  primitive  Poets 
.  were  efteemM  fuch  Sages  in  their  Times, 
iince  it  appears,  they  were  foch  wcU  prac- 
tls*d  IV4/«^'0/,  and  accaftom*d  to  thisim-f 
iMToving  Method,  before  ever  Philofophy  had 
adopted  it.  Their  Mmes  or  charafteriz'd 
.  Diicoories  were  as  much  relifliM,  as  their 
moft  regular  Poems,  and  were  the  Occafioa 
perhaps  that  fo  many  of  tbefe  Utter  were 
fi>rm*d  in  fuch  Perfedion.  For  Poetry  it 
iblf  was  defined  m  ImtntieH  chieHypf  Men 
«nd  Manniers:  and  was  that  in  an  etaited 
and  noble  degree,  which  in  a  low  ond  we 
can  Mimehry.    Tis  in  this  that  the  great . 

,:  JUSmtgrMfheft  the  Father  and  Prince  of  Poets^ 

excebfi>higblyihisGharadersbeingwronght  . 
io  a  Likenefs  beyond  aU  that  any  facceeding 
.lilafters  were  ever  able  to  defcribe*    Kor  are 
4>is  Works  which  are  fo&tt  of  Adioa,  aiiy 
^xhff  than'an  art^  Series  ot  Chaia  of  Z^ 


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anT  Author*  f^ 

/ig'w,  which  turn  upon  one  remarkable  C4:*' ^^5*1^ 
taftrophe  or  Event.    HcdefcribcsnoQualifytr      ■ 
or  Virtues  j  ccnfurcs  no  Manners  j  makes  nc(^ 
Encomiums,  nor  gives  Charaders  himfelf  V 
but  brings  his  Aftors  ftill  in  view,    '*Tis' 
they  that  Ihow  themfelves.    *Tis  they  that 
ipeakinfuch  a  manner  as  diftihguifiies  'em. 
in  all  things  from  all  others;  and  makes  'em^ 
ever  like  themfelves.    Their  different  Com* 
pofitions  and  Allays  fo  juftly  made,  and 
equally  carryM  on  thro  every  particle  of  th^ 
Adion,  give  more  Inftmaion  than  aU  thf 
Comments  or  Glofles  in  the  world/  The 
P6ct,'inftead  of  giving  himfelf  thofcdiaa- 
ting  andmafterly  Airs  of  Wifdom,  makes' 
hardly  any  Figure  at  all,  and  is  ^fcarcc  dif- 
coverableinhisPoem.    This  is  being  truly^         \ 
4'Mdfitr.    He  paints  fo  as  to  need  no  In--         • 
fcription  over  his  Figures,  to  tell  us  what 
tliey  are,  or  what  he  means  by  *em.    A  few 
Words  let  fall,  on  any  flight  occafion,  from 
any  of  thcPartysheintroduces,is  fuffidentto 
denote  their  Manners,  and  diltin&  Charader. 
From  a  Finger  or  a  Toe  he  can  reprefcnt  to 
.our  Thoughts  the  Frame  and  Fafliion  of  a 
whole  Body*    He  wants  no  other  help  of 
Art,  to  perfonatehis  Heroes,  and  make  'en 
Uving.    All  thzt  Tfdgidy  cou'd  do  after  hinh    - 
was  to  ered  a  Stage,'  ^and  draw  his  iMabgues 
and  Characters  iatoScenesf*  turning^  intbe 
i^^^:>  lame 


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jt  i^eiinanner^  opon  one  priocipal 'A^n  or. 

^ '  Bventt  wich  that  r^rd  to  Place  and  Time. 
ic;hich  was  fatable  to  a  real  Spedadfr  Erea 
Cmedy  it  ielf  was  adjadg'd  to  tius  greati 
Aiafter^  as  being  deriv'd  from  thofe  P^r^i/i^. 
or-  Mock-Hamoars,  of  which  be  had  ^veau 
the  Spedmea  ia  a  conceal'd  fort  of;  RaiUerig 
iptermix'd  with  the  Soblime—-*^  Adan^. 
geroas  Stroke  of  Art!  and  which  tcqnir^L 
^  mafterly  Haod^  like  that  of  the  Philofoi!; 
phical  Hero^  whofe  Oiarafter  was  reptc-c 
fiated  ia  the  Disl^gueAVritinxs  above  meii< 

•  ti^Vd.  •. 
,  iproth  hence  pofllbly  we  may  form  a  Ko^ 
^oa  of  that  Refemblance,.  which  on  fo  ma^ 
07,  pccafipns:  was  heretofore  remarked  be-': 
tv]reea  the  Prince  of  Poets,  and  the  Divine^ 
PhUQibpher,  who  was  faid  to  rival  hinit. 
a^d  who  together  with  his  Gontemporarys' 
of.  the  iame  School,  wrjt  altogether  in  that 
manner  of  DiWe^fif  above  defciibM«   JFronti 
hence  too  we  may  comprehend  perhaps,^hy^; 
tl^Stady  of  Dialogue  was  heretofore  thought 
iQ-  advantageous  to  IVrhersj  and  why  this, 
manner  of  Writing  was  judg'd  fo  difficniti. 
Vhith  at  firft  fight,  it  muft  be  own'd,'  ap^ 

•  pciirs. tlie  eaCefl;  of  any.  *      •  r  /'^ 
,rT>  have  formerly;  wondcr'd  indeed  -why  dii 
^^prr,  which  was  fo  familiarly  usUin; 

v<3^mUfss«pon-aoft:$ab)cfts^  wicb>&  rxmch^ 
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Socce6:among  the  Antieatt,  OiduM  "be-fb- 

infipld  and  of  Uttle  eftecm  witli  u$  Mo^- 

derni.    Bat  I  afterwards  perceivM,  that  be- 

fides  the  difficulty  of  the  MMn&it  felf,  ana 

thxt  Mmur-FdCidty,  which  we  have  ob^ 

firv*d  it  to  carry  in  refpeft  of  put  felvest  it 

proves  alfo  of  neccffity  a  kind  of  Mirrour 

or  Looking<Jlafs  to  the  Agt.       If  fo  i  >t 

Ihbu'd  of  right  (you'l  fay)  be  the  more.  j 

agreeable  and  entertaining.       True:  »t  j 

.  the  real  View  of  onr  fclves  be  not  per-  j 

haps  difpleafing  to  us.        But  why  more  j 

difplcafing  to  Us  than  to  the  Antients  \  ■   \ 

(     Bccaufe  perhaps  they  cou*d  with  JoIkRca-  I 

fonbcar-tofeethcir  natural  Countenances  | 

reprcfcntcd.      AndwhynotWeth«lani«^  *    i 

For  ait  we  not  as  handfonl,  at  Icaft  »>»#«r.  •           | 

\n>ft  Eytt t  •      Perhaps  not :  as  we  IbaU  fee*  ,    ,         j 

When  we  haveconfider*d  a  little  further  what '  1 

theforccisof  thiSiMifTOJir-JrriVMrff,  andhow  j 

itdificrs  from  that  more  complailant  modifli 
way,  in  w*ich' an  Author,  inftead  of  prefen- 
tinguswith  other  natural  Cajarafters,  fcts 

off  his  own  with  utmoft  Art,  and  purchafcs  . 
bis  Reader**  Favour  by  all  imaginable  Con* 

dcfcenfibns.  „r 

An  Author  who  writes  in  his  own  Pcrfon,  • ' 

basthe'advantageof  bcingii*#  or  wiwfhe  - 

pleafei.' He  is  no  certain  Man  vnor  has  any  . 
cef  tiiin  Cbu$&a  t  bat-  futes  himfdf  to  -  the 

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fsti  f«  Fancy  of  his  Header^  whom  as  the  .Falhioji 
^^'^^'^  BOiir  is,  he  conftantly  carcflcs  and  cajolcs^^ 
'  All  tnms  nipon  their  two  Perfbns*  r  And  as. 
&  aa  Axnoiir>  or  Commerce  of  Lore*Let«. 
ten  *y  fo  here  the  Author  has  the  Privil^e. 
of  talking  eternally  of  himlelft  drefling  and. 
fpmcing  ap  himle^  whilft  he  is  making  di- 
ligent court,  and  working  upon  the  Humour' 
of  the  Party  to  whom  he  addreiTes.'    This  i» 
the :  Coquetry  of  a  modern  ^  Author,  v  whole. 
Epiftles  Dedicatory,  Pre&ces,  and  Addreflei  ^ 
to  the  Reader^v  are  fo  many  affededOracesn 
deiTgnU;  to  drafw  the  Attention  from  the. 
Subjea^  towards  HimfHf:j  and  make  it-  be 
generally  obferv'd,  not  fo  much  irJb^r  he  fays;^ 
H what  6$  sr,.and  what  Figure  he  ^ready. 
makes  or  hopes  to  make  in  the  faOuonable' 
World;:  ^  Ttefe:are  the  AirS;  which  a  neigh- 
houring  Mation  give  themfelves,  more  par- 
ticolarly  in  what  they  catt  thtit  Memoirs^ 
Their  y47y  Eilays  on  Politicks,,  their  Philo^ 
fopbicalv  and:  Critical  Wotks,.  their  Com- 
inentsupon  antient  and  modern  Authors, 
.  all  their  T^reatifes  are  ^«««V/^    The  whole 
Writing  of  this  Age  is  become  indeed  ar 
fort  of  Memin-Writing.    Tho  in  the  real . 
•  •  Mcmoirsof  the  Antients,,  when  they  writ 
•  at  any.  thno;  of  themfeWes,:  there  was  nei-> 
ther  the  /  nor  Th Og .  in  4the  whole  Work% 
So- that  allxthi^.prettyG  Aimmr-  and  Inter^-: 
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AS    AuTKOCiR.'  <49'. 

couirfc  of  CarelTes  bctwccyi  the;  Author-iand  S^^:   .     •    [ 
Reader  was  thus  intircly  taken  away. \  Mtxh^'^^^^^^  j 

more  is  this  the  Cafe  in  Dx  ▲I'O.ou  fi.    F<^ 
here  the  Author  is  annihilated:}  zxAthtRior  - 

i/^  being  no  way  apply'd.tOy  ftands  for  I^c^ 
body.    Thefelf-intdreftingPartysbothya- 
biih  at  once.  '  The  Scene  pre&nts  itifMiH% 
by  chance,  .'and.un-deligQM.^ :  i  You  are  np^ 
only  left  to '  judg'  coolly,  aad  With .  indiffe- 
rence, of  the  Scnfc  deliyerM-}  but  of  ;^p 
Charader,  Genius,  Elocation,  and  Manner 
ofthePerfonj  who  deliver  it.  Thefetooarc 
mere  Strangers,  in  whofc. favour  you  are. 
.  no  way  engagM.    Nor  is  it  enough  that  the 
Perfons  introduced  fpeak  pertinent  and  gpo4 
Senfe  at  every  turn.    It  rauft-  be  {eta  fijm  . 
what  bottom  they  fpeak  j  from  what  St^^i  o;r  . 
Fund  they  draw  )  and  what  Kind  or  Spedes 
of  Underftanding  they  poflcfs.     For  the 
Underltanding  here  mult  have  its  Mark^        ^ 
its:charaderiftick  Note,  by  r  which  it  may 
be  diftinguifh'd.    It  muft  be  fuch  Mftd  jfuek 
an  Vndtrfidnding  \  as  when  we.  (ay,  fuck  «r  \ 

yirci!^  4  £iicip :  iince  Nature  has  charaderiz'd  i 

Tempers  and  Minds  as  peculiarly  as  Faces*  *  \ 

And  for  an  Artift  who  draws  naturally,  it 
is  hot  enough  to  Ihew  us  merely  Faces  which 
may  be  call'd  //^V.*  Every  Face  muft  he  .4  . 
ctttfiinMan^Sr  -  ,;.J  .  r       ij  ^ 

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^^M^^^n^ow'zs  tf  ftiifltcr  whd  draws  Battels  or 

^^^^^^iteaA-  Aaioas  t>£ari}f;«ivriir4/,  Indians^  or 

;iUfy  diftind  and  peculiar  Ptopte|  mdlt  of  ne* 

teiSty'  df aw  the  federal  Figure  df  his  Piece 

'  i2i<(tldr  propbT;  abd  real  Proportions,.  Gef* 

'/fOt^  Habits,'  Anns,  br  at  leaft  with  as  fahr 

.  fi^R^^mbla&teilspoinble}  fbintheiameiDaa^ 

'  4Kr  that  Writer,:  :wh6evcr  he  be,  among  lis 

';Middietns,  Whd  (hall  venture  to  bring  his  Fel- 

I  ioW-^M oderns  into  Diah^uej  mnft  introduce 

*  ^fti  &  their. prbjJet  Manners,  Genius,  Be- 
/iiivldur  and  Humour.    And  this  is  the  .Aiir* 

>b«r  or  Xwfcff^-(j/4/}  above  defaibM. 
"^  -Fbr  inftahce^  a  Dialogue,  we  will  fuppofe> 
is' Jram'd,  after  the  manner  of  out  antient 
^A^thors.  in  it,  a  poor  Phildlbpher,  of  a 
[  ^itlean  Kgure,  accofts  ode  of  the  powerfuUeft, 
^ittleft,  hiandfomeft,  andricheft  Noblemen 
of  the  time,  as  he  is  Walking  leifurely  to- 

•  iw^aVds  the  Temple.  '      ^  You  arc  going 
*^  then,  lays  he  (calling  him  by  his  plain 

r         \^  Name)  to  pay  your  JDevotions  yonder  at 

J*;  the  Temple  ?       I  am  £>•       But  with 

•*  an  Air  methinks,.  as  if  fome  Thought 

.  /*  perplexed  you.       What  U  there  in  fach 

.  **  a  iCafe  that  IbouM  perplex  one  ?       The 

'"  '*  Thought  perhaps  of  your  Petitions,  and 

.  "^  the  Confideration  what  VoWs  you  hiA 

..**  belt  offer  to  the  Deity.       Isthatfodiffi^ 

'  ^  cult?   Can  any  one  be  fo  fooliih  as  to 

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AN    AOTHOt.  '5*. 

.«•  ask  what  is  not  for  hhjGoodf       Not,  '^^^^^ 
«*>  he  knows  what  his  Good  is.      Who  can  *'^'^' 
«« miftake  it,  that  has  commoa  Senfe, 
««  and  knows  the  di^cnce  between  Pro- 
«♦  Ipcrity  and  Adverfity?      Tis  Frofff^ 
•*  rity  therefore    you   wou'd    pray    for. 
<*.:    Uodoobtedly.        For  inftance,  that 
^  Abiblute  SoYereigo,  who  commands  all 
*«  things  by  virtue  of  his  immenfe  Trea-  , 
f*  fares,  and  governs  by  his  ible  Will  and  '^' 
**  Pleafure,  him  you  think  frofferous^  and 

«  his  State  *4;y^.** . 

Whilft  I  am  copying  this  (for  'tis  but  a 
borrowM  Sketch  from  one  of  thofe  Originals 
before-mention'd)  I  fee  a  thouiand  Ridicules 
arifingfrom  the  Manner,  the  Circumftanoes 
.  and  A&ion  it  felf,  compared  with  modern 
Breeding  and  Civility. —-Let  us  therefore 
inend  the  Matter,  if  poffible,  and  introduce  . 
the  iapie  Philofopher,  addrefling  himfilf  in  a 
more  obfequious  manner,  to  his  GraeoybisEx- 
tettenet  orbit  Honour  i  without  failing  in  the 
leafb  tittle  of  the  Ceremonial.  Orletnsput 
'the  Cafe  more  &vouraUy  ftill  for  our  .^48  •/ 
jMttrs,  Let  us  fuppole  him  to  be  imogmto^ 
without  the  lealt  appearance  of  a  Charac^ 
ter,  which  in  Oiur  Age  is  fo  little  recommen- 
ding. X^t  his  Garb  and  ASion  be  of  the 
more  modifli  ibrt,  in  order  to  introduce 
him  better,  and  ^in  him  Audience.  And 
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^Partl.  wiph  tbefe  Advantages  and  Precautions,  ima-' 

50'Cy  jgine  ftill  in  what  manner  he  muft  accx>ft  this 

t^gcant  of  State,  if  at  any  time  tie  .finds 

^^im  at  leifure,  walking  in  the  Fields  alone, 

*and  withput  his  Equipage.    Conlider  how 

''iniinyBoivs,  andfimperingFac^    howma^ 

Vy ^ Preludes,  Excufcs,  Compliments! r 

^oyf'^xxtOmfliments^  put  CnemotrfVDXO  :f 
j^i4/^^«ir/apd:fee  whattheEifea  will  be,!  ^ 
f  ^,]  This!  is  the  plain  Dilemms  ag^inft  that 
.jantient  manner  of  Writing,  which  we  can 
neither  well  imitate,  nor  tranflate^  what* 
eYerPleafure  or  Profit  we  may  find  in.  rea- 
ding thofe  priginals.    For  what  fliall  we  do 
Ifn  Tiich  A  cafe  ?'    What  if  the  Fancy  takes 
]us',' and  we  refolve  to  try  the  Experiment 
in  modern  Subjeds  ?  See  the  Q)nfcquence ! 
}^  If  we  avoid  Ceremony,  we  are  unnar 
turalV  \  if  we  ufe  it,  and  appear  as  we  na- 
turilly'are,'  as  we  falute,  and  meet,  an4 
treat  one  another;  we  hate  the  Sight.— 
WhatVthisbiit  W»>r/PfirW^  Faces  i.   Is  it 
theP^/w/wi-VFault?    Shou'd  he  paint  falfly^ 
.or  aflcftedly ;  *,  mix  Modern  with  Antient,' 
)oin  Shapes  prepofteroufly,  and  betray  his 
Art?    If  nof,  what   Medium  Js' there?. 
\yhat  remains  for  him,^  but  to  throw  away 
'  the  Pencil  ?  — ^  Islo  more  defigning  after  the 
Life:  no  td6ti' ACrreur^Wrhift^y  prperfonat 
ReprefejdtatiW,.  of  any  kind  whatever..' '  ^ 

:  :;  .      *  Thus 


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'•fshdumM  vtrfsUi  numu^  vtrfdtt,  diurna* 

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AN  AaTHoii;  5? 

Thus  Dialogue  is  at  aa  end.-  The: An-  ^^3^. 
tients  couM  fee  their  own  Faces ",  but  iwc  ^^^^r\) 
canX  And  why  this?  .Why,' but  hen 
caiifc  wc  have  lefs  Beauty?-  For  To  .ouc 
Lopking*Glafs  can  inform  us.  — XJ^y  lur. 
ftrument!  And  for  this  reafon  to;be  hated^ 
-^-— Our  Commerce  and  njanncr  of;  Convert  | 

fation,  which  we  think  the  politeft  ^n  the  ; 

World,  isfuch,  it  feems,  as,\ire,pur.felve*  i 

can't  bear  to  fee  reprefentcd*  to  the  Life.    ' 
*Tis  the  lame  here,'  as  in.  our  real  PortraL-r  ' 
ture^,:  particularly, thofe  at. foB:Ungth;  \ 

yrhere  thie  poor  .Pencil-man.  is.  put  to  •  a  | 

thoufand  ihifts, .  wbillt  he  ftr^ves!to,drefi 
us  in  afFeded  'Habits,  ,fwh;jis :. we  iievcr 
.wore;  becaufe  (houM he  paint ruj; in  tbofo  f 

wc  really  we^r,^  they  wou'd  inakeivithe  Piece  1 

ri  be^  fa  much  more  ricjliQilous,  zfl^  it  was  .       '; 

jnore natural,  ai;d  refembling*.r-i  .:^  r./i 
'   Thus  much  iotj^tiquity^  and.thpfe Rjules  ^  ! 

^pi  Art,  thofe  Jpii/^jf^^^  .bj     -  j 

vrhich  the   adven,t;fring  Gpnius'^jpf  the  •; 

times  were  won^t  to  f  ftccr.  tl>e|r  i  Courfes^' 
and  govern  their  igipetaous  Mufe.*   Thefe  • 

were  the  Chartj^  of  our;:M4itcTrPoetf  » 

aftdrthefe  the:.P|ec?s  of  Artithc^  /  ^ 

the  .^*mjp/4r*  ey^  i 


-Fits  FxcmflirU  Grdoa-^'"^'^  '-'   '  ^"  '  *  / 

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Fart  I.     And  thus.  Poetry  ani  the  WrUt^s  Art; 

''^'^^^as  in  many  refpeds  it  refembles  the  Sru- 
tmrfi  and  the  TMotii't,  fo  ia  this  iaxutt  - 
particularly,  thatithasitsori^nali>r4x{^!>ri 
and  MeitU  foit  Stady  and  Pradice :  not  'for  . 
.^  CSxntation,  to  be  Ibowa  abroail^-  or  copy*d 
for  Pablidc  View.    Thefe  are  the  antlent 
Bu^$\  the  Tr«»Jb  of  Statues  j  the  Pieces 
of  jinatoay'j  the  mafterly  roogh  Lrkwingt 
which  are  kept  withia  ;  as  the  ftcret  Lear- 
sing,  the  Myftery,  and  Fnndamental  Know- 
ledgoftheArt    There  is  this  eflentlal  dif- 
ference however  between  the  Artifts  of  each 
kind ;  that  they  who  deii^  merely  after 
Bodyti  and  form  the  Graces,  of  this  fort, 
can  never,  With  all  thdr  Aocnraty,  or  Gor- 
fc&nefi  of  Defign,  be  able  td  refonh  them- 
fcl^its,  or  grow  a  jot  more  lhapel^i4  thdr 
Verfons.    Bot  for  thofe  Artifts  who  ciopy 
from  another  Life,  who  ftody  the  draoes 
and  Per&£fcidns  of  Minds,  and  are.  real 
Matters  of  thofe  Rnles  which  confUtote  thts 
latter  Science^  -tis  impoflible  they  lboa*d 
&il  of  being  themfelves  improved,  and  a- 
'  mended  in  thdr  ^m«r  JVb*.  •   '  /      '.  '  ^ 
'  1  moft  ebitfefi  there  is^rdly  any  Where 
to  be  found  a  more  ir^d^aice  df  Mortals, 
,    than  thofe  whom  we  Mod^ns  are  contented 
*     to  call  Pmta  for  having  attaia'd  the  chi- 


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Judicious  tandbtn  nft  o^  Wit  and  fiiit^p^''^^^^^^ 
vBut  for  the  Man,  who  Wy  iiid  '^°^'^fs         > 
-ienfe  deferves  the  Narte  of  )^frf  and;]p^9^  » 

•  as  a  real .  Matter  or '  AtcWteflt  In  the  Ki?[4>^ 
can  dclcribe  both  Men  [ >nd  )^mnmi^  'and 
give  to  an  Atiim  its  juft  JEiodV  and  Pro^  I 

portions  i  he  will  be  found^  if  I  miftakenot,       -  1 

a  very  different  Creature. ,  Such  a  Toit  is*  \ 

'  indeed  a  fecond  i^^J^r:  a  juft  Pro^rb-  | 

T  H  Bu  s,  under  Jo  vfi^    Like  that  Sovereiga 
:ArtiftoriuiiverfalPlaftickltotare,  hefora^^  i 

4  WTb^/^,  coherent  and  proportionM  jin  it  ) 

felf,  with  due  Subjefikion  and  Subordinacy  | 

pf  conftitucnt  Parts.   JScpptes  the^Bouni.   .     -   .  | 

darys  of  jhcPafGons,  an4  knows  their  cxaa  j 

TonuZJ^M9iifvre$\\^^yi\!X^ 
pre&nts  them,  marks  tibr  S^Ume  of  Sf^^ 
timents  and  A&ionSf'  find  ,diftingnilhej»  tib^ 
Bioutifut  ^om  tbi  i)ifom%  the  ^mi^^  [ 

from  the  Odious.    Xbc  AJoral  Ai;tift^  wlio  i 

cw  thus  imitate  ,thc  Crcatw>  4nd  4s  thos  I 

'  l;npwingin,thein;wardPormand  S^flk^W;  j 

of  his  Fellow-Creatures,  will  hardly,  V^^l  i 

fqme,  be  found  unknowing  in  Himfelf^  or  at^ 
a  lofs  in  thofe  Kumbers  which  make  the  ! 

Harmony  of  a  Mind,    For  JSutf^is  mere     ^     /  1 

,  JXffe^  AndthoViU 

lains  may  have  ftrong  Tmes  and  natural  Ca«  | 

padtys  of  Aaion  ^  ^cis  impoflible  that  tra«  '\ 


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eart;|f;,S^ptf/rrj  an4  Iffi^vity  jfl^ou'd  r^Gde,  where 
^^^^^^^^^-^^fn?^  jaD^  ^onefiy  hare  ^o  beuig* 

j>  Bat  imviog.enter'd  thns  fcriou(ly  into  the 
C6iicerns.  of  IdUh^rs.  and  Ihewn  their  chief 
Ff>afidation  and  Strength,  their  preparatory 
pifciplipe,  and^^jii^Ufying  Afet^  Sdf- 

Examnofian  i  .'tis  .gt,  e^  we  difclofe  this 
/d^c^y.any  ^rther,  we  lhQu*d  confider  of 
the  Advantages  br'Difadvantagiels  our  Aq«. 
thpt^^may  poIEbly  meet  with,JP^  Jtr^ad:, 
and;  lib  w  far  their  O^niusnsay  ))e..deprefsU 
cfr  rais'd  by.any  exteirnal  piufes,  anfing  freni . . 
ti[ie  Efujnour  or  Judgment  of  .^^t^^ 

^  Whatever  *  it  W  titot  ih&^^ 
rclpc^*  muft'  proc^d   either  .i^om.  the 
G.iA .t D s s s  ixAiMtn  imPmir.  ihc  C& k 

'  J  '  i  i  '  I     .  • '    ■  •        ■  'ill.'     "•   ' 

y  I  c X  s . and  Mif$ '.  ff  Aru  or  tht  I^b.o^  t  b> 
theoudveSy'ri^  ,V«msw»  Auditnee^  and..«Mr« 
ri/^^r..',  We  ihaUbt^n  therefore  with  tlie 
Cxdttjief/fiuid  .pret^nfjed  .Mafter^'.of  ,the' 
.Wprld'f-.tal^ng  tlie  Uberty^^  ifl  ^^^^ 


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i^yv* 

"PART    It 

'         S  E  C  T.    L 


S  iufual  as  it  is  >vith  Mankind  ta 
...aft^  abfolutely:  by  Will  and  Pica- 

fare,  without  regard  to  Counfcl^ 

or  the.  rigid  Method  of  Rule  and  Precept  j 
it  malt  be  isicknowledg'd  nevertUelers,  that, 
the.  good  and  laudable  Cultom  <^i  ftsking  Ad-- 
vice^  is  (till  upheld^,  an^  kept, in  faOiion,  as. 
a  matter  of  &ir  Repute,  and  honourable^ 
Appearance:  Infomuch  thateveaMonarchs, 
and  abj[biute  Princes  themfelves,  difdain  not, 
wefce^  to  make  prpfeffion of  thePrafltice. 
. :*Tis,^I  prefume, iPji ::this  account,  that^ 
the  Rayal  Perfpns  are  pleas'd,  .pnr  publick 
Oc^lionsi  to  .m?H??.»fe:of;  the  npted.Stilc/ 
of  WiB  and  Us.  .r:$5ot.i:hat  the]f,^w  fup-j 
pos'dr^tp  l^yejinj^oni^frj}  mtbiTleijflvay^ 
as.  being  epdp^v'd  -yrith  the  ftriyifegc^p^^  be-  r 

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fgj^ia  the  maaDer  above  defcribU  Single  afid 
abfolate  Perfoos  in  Government,  Pm  fen- 
fible,  can  hardly  be  confider'das  any  other 
than  fmgU  and  Jtfolutt  in  Morals.  They 
have  no /ffflMTf^ntrooler  tocavil  «rith  *eni, 
ordifpatetheirPleafore.  £}orhavethey,from 
any  Pradice  tkrotti^  been  able  at  any  tioie 
to  learn  the  way  of  being  free  andiuniliar 
withthemlelves,  4ribM»r.  Inclimatioh 
and  W 1 1 1  have  as  little  Oieck  in  one  place 
as  another.  The  World;  which  iervesasa 
Tutor  to  Peribns  of  an  inferior  rank,  is 
.fabmiflivetofnch  as  thefev  who  from  their, 
■eadieftdays  are  a$*d  to  fee.  even  their  /»- 
ftrsBwt  bend  before  *em,  and  hear  every 
thing  applauded  which  they  themfelves  per- 
.formf"'  \   ■    -  '  '■'■'. 

'.    For  fear  therefore,  left  their' Humour 
lAerely,  or  the  Caprice  of  ibme  Favdarite'' 
ihon*d  be  prefum*dto  influence 'em,- when 
they  come^  years  of  princely  IMicretion, ' 
and  arc  advanced  to  the  Helm  of  Govern- 
ment |  it  has  been  efteem'd  a  neceSary-DCT 
;cency  to  fummon  caetdbx  Mviferr-^fyPrt^ 
/fjpewi' to  affift  as  Attendants  to  tWfmgle 
;Pir>59,  and  be  Join*dw|tii  him  in  his  writ- 
ten JSdids,  ProdamatiOBS,  Letters-Patents, 
aid  ©tiierlnftruments  «f  Regal  'Power. 
Ficjr'  tills  life  frinctCtmfiSn!*  hayc-  been  ©•• 
4«^il^b  beiffg  .^^ribn^  pf  9onfiderable  > 
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Figote  and  wife  Afped,  cannot  be  iappos'd  Sbd;'t^: 
to  ftand  as  Statues  or  mere  Cyphers  in  the  ^^"^^^ 
Cdvernmentf  and  leave  the  Bx>yalA£U:er-  [ 

roneoufly  and  falfly  delcrib'd  to  as,  in  die  .' 

Plural  Number  (  when  at  the  bottom  z  fio»        .  | 

ih  WiBoT,Fjuicf  was  the  Jtble  Spring  and  | 

Motive.    ■!.        •■  .'.  f .  .   i 

•  Poreign  Princes  indeed  have  moft  of .  Vm  | 

that  onhappy  Prerogative  of'ading  wtii* 
vifeily  and  XBUfvJSy  in  their  national  Afiairst 

iBat  'tis  known  to  be  far  btberwile  with  the  | 

legal  and  jult  Princes  of  our  Ifland.    Thef  | 

are  furronnded  with  the  bell  of  OnmftStrt^  \ 

the  L  A  w  s.    They  adminifter  Ovil  A^irs 
by  Legal  Officers,  who  have  the  iMre^on 
of  their  Pnblick  WiU  and  GonfUence*,  and     ; 
they  annually  receive  jfi)f'i/<V#  and  >^  in 
the  moft  efi«i&ual  manner^  from  tlKir  good  ,: 

People.    To  this  wife  Genitfs  6f  our  Con-        .     "        • 

•  Citation  we  inay  be  juftly  laid  to  hvtt  mx 
Wifeft  and  beft  Princes  v  vv'^ofe  High  Biitb 
or'RdyalEdncationiiott'd  not  alone 'be 'f<9-      '  j 

'  pcis'd  to  bave. given  *em  that  happy  Turh: 
fitfoe  by  expetiencie  Tve  find,  that  thofc  vet^ 
Prin(^fromimthoie«vifeCofld^atheWbi'ldi 

abroad^  as  wiffiis' We  atrliotoe,- have  reaii'4 
the  greateft  iftdvfotagesfJsi^^ifuich  as  hid- 
the  molt  controverted  Titles*!  andfechW       * 
in  thdr  7<mtb|  bad  '4lood<  4ii  tbe^  ^remc^ter 


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i  6(f  .  Adtice  TO  • 

I  ^artlC;Pro{pc£fe'6freg4  Power/ and  li?*d  the 

^''^^^  ncircft  to  a  private  Life. 
I  '  "Other  Princes  we  haVe'had,  who  tho 

j  difficult  perhaps  in  receiving  Coonfel,  have 

I  been  -  eminent  in  the  Pra&ice  of  applying  it 

fe -others.   -They  have  lifted  themfelvea 
Mvifirtxa  form,  and  by  poblilhing  their 
admonitory  Works,  have  brought  them* 
I  iUves  into  tfie  number  of  thofe,  whom  in 

j  ,  this  Treatife  we  have  prefnmM  to  criticrze." 

!  Biit  our  Critldfrn  being  withal  an  Apology 

I    ■  for'J>if<tfWx,  and  a  Defence  of  the /«f«r4tr 

t  .  Tribe }  it  cannot  be  thought  amifs  in  us;* 

j  to  joiA  the  Royal  with  the  Pliebeian  Penmen; 

>  in  this  common Caufe.    .'.:•.''■        •    .'• 

■  TwouM  be  a  hard  Cafe  indeed;  lhou*d  the 
\     ^  Privei  of  our  Nation  xefbfe  to  counte- 

nance theinduftrions Race 6i  Aiiihort\  finoet 
I  theii:  Royal  Ahceftors,  and*  PipedeceJOTtfrs,' 

have  Jiad  inch  Honour  derivM  to  *em -froni' 
this  Profcflion:  'Tis  to  this  they  owe  sAklf 
bright  Jewel  of  their  Crown,  pnrchas*di  by- 
a  warlike  Prinze ;  who  having  aflhm'd  ther 
j^vtbor^  and  :el&y»d  his  Strength  in  the*" 

/5»/«j?»f* ,  Writings  .>of  .the;.  School-Diving,- 
thoiugbt  it. an  Honour  oa- this-'-aoconnt  to: 

*9^:t^«.Titie..of-DB1PJK»B«;;0?.:THB' 

•   v,-^<>tijerPri9fi(B,j9iramorepaciik^Kature' 
^lilieqt  Thought,  ftbrnittiflg  Amu  and 
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;0iartial  DilcipUne  to  rlrf  ^tfipir;  and.opnfi-S^fttK.  .. 

.ding  in  bis  princely  Science  and  profonnd  ir^^^j  \ 

'  Learning,  niadehisStileandSpeiKhtob^. the  | 

Kerve  and  Sinew  of  his  Goycf nment.    He  \ .           *  [ 

gave  us  his,  Works  fuU  of  wife  Exhorta-  ! 

tion  and  Mvia  to  his  Royal  Son,  as  weU  | 

as  of  Inftrudion  to  his  good  People  ^  yvho  \ 

couM  not  but  admire  their  Author^Soift^  i 

reign,  thus  ftudious  and  contemplative  in  | 
their  behalf.    'Twas  then,  one  might  have  - 
feen  our  Nation  growing  young  and  docile^ 
with  that  Simplicity  of  Heart,  which  qua* 
lifyM  'em  to  profit  like  a  SchoUr-?eo^\c 
under  their  Royal  Preceftw.    For  with  a,- 

bundant  Eloquence  he  gracipufly  gave  Lei[*  .          ^ 

.ions  to  his  Parliament,  tutor'd  his  Minir  ^    i 

fters,  and  edify'd  the  greateft  Church-men  I 

and  Divines  themfelves }  by  whofe  Sufirage  ; 

he  obtain'd  the  highelt  Appellations;  that  [ 

cott'd  be  merited  by  the  acuteft  Wit,  and  '  [ 

trueft  Underftanding.    From  hence  the  J^r/r     *  [ 

r//^  Nations  were  taught  to  own  in  common  | 

a  S  o  L  b  M  o  N  for  their  joint-Sovereign,  the  I 
Founder  of  their  late  compleatcd  Union.- 
Nqr  can  it  be  doubted  that  the  pious  Treai«  * 

tifcof  5^//-'Di/ci^ttryf  afcribM  tothcfuccce^  1 

ding  Monarch,, contributed  in  a  great  mea«  I 

fure  X9  his  glorious  and  neyerrfiiding  Titles  j 

pf,SAAHT,.^andjyi:A»TYE,,-.  •-. -Vi  .":  ^  ":  r.;;  '  .      \  V    J 

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-  ^aftK    ndTrcvcr  it  be,  I  wou*4  not  willingly 
wnrVti^e  upon  ime  to  recommend  this  Avthv 
-  €bar4Sir  to  onr  futore  Princes.    Whatever 
^  Crowns  or  Lanrels  their  renown^  Piredo^ 

lienors  may  lave  gathered  in  this  Field  of 
Honour}  I  ilionM  think  that,  for  the  fa- 
tore,  the  fpecolative  Proidnce  might  more 
properly  be  committed  to  private  Heads, 
.^wou'd  be  a  fuffident  Encooragement  to 
the  Learned  World,  and  a  fare  Eameft  of 
tbelncreaie  and  floarilhing  of  Letters  in 
oar  Nation,  if  its  Sovereigns  wouM  be 
contented  to  be  the  Patrons  of  Wit,  and 
'    ^     ^  Toochiafetolookgracioaflyonthebgenioas 

*  .Pbpihof  Art.    Or  were  it  the  Calkom  of 

tiieir  Prime-Minifters,  to  have  any  fach  re- 
;  gard;  it  woa'd  of  it  felf  be  fafficient  to 

-  change  the  Face  of  Affairs.    A  finall  degree 

I  ofFavoor  woaM  infare  the.  Fortanes  of  4 

■  '  ,. .  diftrefs'd  and  rainous  Tribe,  whofe  fbrlom 
Condition  has  help'd  to  draw  Difgrace  npon 
jirts  and  Scwfciij  and  kept  'em  hr  oflffrom 
that  PoliteneTs  and  Beaaty,  in  wltich  they 
won'd  loon  appear^  if  the  afpiring  Genins 
of  >  bar  Nation  were  forwarded  by  thekaft 
;   ^  Gare  or  Ooitare. 

I  -There  JhoaM  not,  one  woa'd  ^ink,  be 

any  needof  Goortihip  orPerfbalibnto  en- 
gtfgp  oor  GnauUti  in  the  Patronage  cf  Artt 
andLette^    For  id  oar  Nation,  apoothe 
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foot  Thingsftand^  andasthcyarcUkslj^  to  Scft^I* 
continue;  'tis  not  difficult  to  fbrcfee  that^-^'*^'^^ 
Improvements  will  be  made  in  every  Art 
and  Science.    The  Mo  s  a  s  win  have  their 
Turn;  and  with  or  without  their  M«ci* 
.  NAs's  will  grow  inCreditand  Efteem;  as  I 

they  arrive  to  greater  Perfedion^  and  excel  ^  | 

in  every  kind.    There  win  arife  CachSfiriis  \ 

as  wptt'd  have  credited  theur  Court-Patrons,  1 

had  they  found  any  fo  wife  as  to  have  foug^  i 

'em  out  betimes^  and*contributed  to  their  I 

rifing  Greatnefs.  -J 

'Tis  fiarce  a  quarter  of  an  Age  fince  fixdi  | 

a  happy  BaUance  of  Power  was  fettled  be- 
tween our  Prince  and  People,  as  has  firmly 
fecur'd  our  hitherto  precarious  Libertys,  . 
and  removed  from  us  the  Fear  of  Civil  i 

Commotions,  Wars  and  Violence,  either  on 
account  of  Religion  and  Worlhip,  the  Pro*  \ 

perty  of  the  Subjcft,  or  the  contending 
Titles  of  the  Grown.  But  as  the  greateft 
Advantages  of  this  World  are  not  to  be 
bought  at  eafy  Prices;  we  are  ftiH  at  this 
momient  expending  both  our.  Blood  and, 
Trcafure,  to  fecure  to  our  felves  this  inc!?- 
timable  Purchafe  of  our  Free'  Gavimmtnt  '\ 

and  Nktimal  Cenfiituiian.    And  as  happy  as  • 

we  are  in  this J^abliihment  at  home;  we 
are  (tin  held  in  a  perpetual  Alarm  by  the 
Afpea  of  Affairs  abroad,  and  by  the  T«- 

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.  Part  11. ,  ror  of  that  Power,  which  e'er  Mankind  had 
/V?<VwcIl  rccpvprM  the  Mifcry  of  thofc  barba- 
'  :  roa$  Ages  confequent  to  the  Reman  Yoke, 
has  again  threatened  the  NVorld  with  a  XT'- 
.niverial  Monarchy,  and  a  new  Abyfs  of  Ig- 
norance and  Soperftition. 
i    The  British  Muses,  in  thisDinn  of 
/Armsj  may  .well  lie  abjeft  and  obfcurei 
^efpeciaUy  being  as  yet  4n  their  mere  Infant*- 
:State.  ^They  have. hitherto  icarce  arriv'd 
-to    any  (thing  of  Shapelinefs  or  Perfon, 
They  lifp  as  in  their  Cradles :  and  their  ftam- 
i.niering  Tongaes,  which  nothing  bat  their 
Youth  and  Rawnefs 'can  excule,   have  hi- 
,     therto  fpoken  in.  wretched  Pan  and  Quibble* 
^Our PrMmdtiek  SHAKfispaAR,  Our  Flbt« 
CHBR^  Johnson,  and  our  £fick  Mi l^ 
T  o  N  preferve  this  Stile.    And  even  a  latter 
/  .Race,  force  free  of  th|s  Infirmity,   and 
aiming  at  a  &lfe  Sublime^   with'  crouded 
-SiiniUy   and  mix^d-  Metaphor  ( the  HQbby- 
Horfe,  and,  Rattle  of  the  Musbs)  enteiv  , 
tain  our ; raw  Fancy,  and  unpradis'd-  Ear  y 
jwhichbasnot  as  yet  had  leifure  to  form  it 
ft^,  and  become  truly  i»ii/!c4/*    * 
.    But  tho/e.  reverend  Bardsy  rude  as  they 
were,  according  to  their  Time  and  Age, 
.have  provided  us  however  with  the  richeft 
^Oar.    T;ftit^eir  eternal  honour  they  have 
.withalileei)  fhefirftof  £ujE(o?8AKSi  who 
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A  N  .  A  U  T  H  O  R'^  6^i^ 

fince  the  Gotkxcx  MQdel  otPoctry,  at... 3?a.H 
tempted  to  throw  off  the  horrid  Difcord-^^^^^^^vV; 
of  jingling  Rhyme.    They  have  aflcrtcd  an- r 
tient  Poeticl  Liberty^. zndhzvchd^igi^^ 
ken  the  Ice  for  thofe  who  are  to  follow  ^ 
'em  i  and  who  treading^  in  their  Foptftepst   •     • 
•  may  at  leifare  polilh  oar. Language,  lead.  . 
oar  Ear  to  finer  Pleafure,  and  find  out  the] 
trae  ^/i^^iE^mwi,  and  harmonious  Naml)ers9' 
which  alone  can  (ktisfy  a  juft  Jadgincfnt,  and 
Mufc'lih  Apprehenfion.  t  •  :  . 

'Tis  evident,  oar  natural  Gehids  fliines! 
above  that  neighbouring  Nation,  of  whom^! 
however,  it  muft  be  confefsM, .  that  with! 
truer  Pains  and  Induftry,  they  hive  fought  .  v 

Politenefs^  and  ftudy'd  to  give  the  Muses 
their  due  Body  and  Proportion^  as  well  | 

as  the  nataral  Ornaments  of 'Ckmre&iefs,  -       j 

Chaftity  and  Grace  of  Stile/     From  the  \ 

plain  Model  of  the  Antients  they  have 
rais'd  a  noble  Satyrifi.  In  the.f^icil'  Kitd 
their  Attempts  have  been  lefs  f^ccefsfbl.  ! 

In  the  Dramatiek  they  liave  been  Co  happjr  I 

as  to  raife  their  Stage  to  as  great  Perfec- 
tion, as  the  Genius  of  their  Nation  witl 
permit.     But  the  high  Spirit  of  Tru^i^  \ 

can  ill  fttbfift  where  the  Spirit  ^fL^erty  is  I 

wanting.    The  Genius  of  this*  Poetry  con-  .     ! 

fifts  in  the  Uvely  Rcpr^jTentation-of  the 
Difordcrs  and  ^fcry  of  th$  <7r#iri  to'thc 


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^^^^r^  croght  the  better  to  iontent  theinfclrei  with 
Frivacjr,^Joytbeirlafer  State,  and  prize  the 
Eqtiality  aiid  Joliitt  of  tbeir  Giuetiim  La^sI 
ifthis  be  found  agreeablie  to  the  joft  Trd^A 
Mtdeli  whidh  the  Antients  have  deliv^r'd 
tb  iis}  'tyvill  eaGly  be  oonceiv'd  how  littie 
pi:^6ip6rdoa*d  it  u  to  the  Capadty  or  Tafte 
J  ^  thole,  who  in  a  loog  Series  of  Degrees, 
ttbm  the  loweft  Pea&nt  to  the  high  Slave 
of  Rpyal  Blood,  are  taaght  to  idolize  the' 
^xt  in  ipower  above  'em,  and  thbk  no- 
tSting  fo  adotable  as  that  unlimited  Great- 
d^  and  Tyrannick  Power,  which  is  rais*d 
at  ribftr  inro  Bxpence,  and  exercisM  over' 

^is  ealy  to  apprehend  the  Advantages  of 

imt  t k  1 X  kiv  in  tMs particular ;  and  what 

^eSt  its!eItabUih*d.'Liberty  will  prodace 

in  every  thing  that  relates  uyjirrrVthtoi 

f«4c«  returns  to  us  on  theft-happy  Terms. 

v'Twas  the  iBste  of  R  o  u  a  to  have  icaroe  aa 

intermediate  Age,  or  iingle  Period  of  Time» 

between. the  Rife  of  Arts  and  Fail  of  Li- 

paty.   Ko  fi>oner  had  that  Nation  begun 

.  tO;]ot^  <th^  RODghnefs  and  Barbarity  of 

their ^annera,  and  learn  «fGKB a CB  to 

form  tiidtHerotuthAtOrstmaxiii  Poett 

op;  a  rig^.  Model,  than  by  their  nn}nft  at- 

teffptopontiie  iibortyrof  the  Worlds  they 

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JB^ly  Ipllb  thw  own. .  With  tjidtliberty  Ssfti'it 
tl)Sf  tefti^qt«i4y  their  P^  of  Eloquence,  V^VV  .. 
l>9$  even! Ji^icir. Spile  »?4  jt«9Soag!S:  if  (ff^ 
,  The  ;^^<rf  rFh9:fiftfrwgs4j  »rofe  .anw»S^  j 

pijiafs.    'jbeir,75pi»Rip^,9fx»iaEli(h'4f  ]wh<>  1 

tbC/ME5fi93\ftf  ifs  D^pacwrc.   Nor ;  |mi4 

thtfe  bc^ni  brought Jn'iday,  bet  by, tht  .    ' 

S^iaeadQiipiOf .the  fkmM  l^sic BM A s,  j?b9 

tutr^MaPi^xato^tfanycntfiLanfitncb^ropy  1 

to  the.  liOTeddd  Conttflupvof jthg.  Mo i s.s» 

Thcfe  Titor^f  .fbrmMiiaihim  i  ne^r  Ks; 

tme.  '  They  taught. Jiimii'holvr to; cfaarm  1 

Mankind.'  i:hey  jwererinore  Co- hhn  .than  ! 

hisArms -or  mUitary  Virtne;^  and,  more  t 

than  iV««ar«  bej^  felf,  cSiftcd  bimJoibb  ■ 

Gteatnefsj/ind  made  his  nlarp*dpomi{tidn  ; 

ib.encbantlng  to  the  World,  diat  1t.cott'd  .     ! 

fy'  witbodt'  tegtet'  its  Chains  of  Bondage 

£hnly.  iiveted.    The  cormptii^. Sweets  of  [ 

iiidi  a  poiibnous  Government  were  not. 

loiig4ivM.     The  Bitter  foon  facoeeded. 

<Aad,  in  the  iiTue,  the  World  was  ^src'd  to 

bear withPatiencetboiesatural  and gennine  . 

ITyrants,  who focceededtp this fpedousMa-  ^r 

<;hiaie  of  Arbitrary  and  UniTerfal  Power*  vt  *  . 

-  >;'Ai^  now  that  lam' &11'n  unawares  into  .<   '     /  | 

^(bdi  pro%ad  Refl^ionionthePeiriodsof 

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Pin.l{t,(&(3Vefiiment,  and 'the  fioorilhihg  and  dedy 

^^^''^^'^df  lihCTty  andEcttcrs  ;  1  canH;  bccx>nteh- 

tei  to  obnlidet'iiiefely  of  the  Snchaatmehi 

wbibhmought  io  powerfully  upon  Maakindi 

^Wirfirft  this-Uoiverfal  Moiiaitby  was  c^ 

blifli'dl'  \  molfc  Wnder  ftiU  ^01^  wben^  t 

ioibMdt  bow  after  the  extindion  of  this  Ge^ 

siitBlkM  and'CiAibuN  Family;  and  a  Ibott 

Intenralbf  Princes  raisM  and deCroyM  witti 

Hi'iich  biforder  and*  p^blick  Ruin,  the  Roi 

ttU'ii  f  flioa'd  regain  their  perilhihg  iDomi*^ 

moh,  'sind  retpleve  their '  finking:  State,  by 

tfn^ aiter-Race- of , wife  and  ablePrinces iiic^ 

celfively  adopted^,  iand  taken  ftom  a  privaS6 

Sute-'  ta  rale  :tbe  iEmpire.  :of  the  World; 

Tbeiy  iwere-  Men^^o  not  only  poflefsM  the 

military  Virtues,  and  fapported  that  fort 

of  Difdptind  inithe  higheft  degree ;  bat  as 

they  ibagKt  the  Intereft  of  Ihc. World,  they 

•       idii.wbat  was',  in  their  Power  jto  reftore 

XJ^my,  and  raiie:again ;  the  pdriflung  ^Arts^ 

'     )     and  uiecay'd  V^rtm  of  Mankind;: .  fiat  :tbe 

.  .Seafon:  was  now  paft !    Tiie  fiitai.  Form  of 

Government  v^as  become  too  natural:  And 

^6World,  which  .had  bentJindet  it  and  WAS 

^become  flavi(h  anddepcndenti.thad  neither 

•Power  nor  Will  to  help  it  ictf./  The  only 

Deliverance  it.  cod^  ;;etped,  ;W4¥:.f)rom .  .the 

cmerdle&hands.ofLlhs  J!f4r(^/4iM^SQ^    to- 

^taklDiflblutioq  of.  th«t  $nor.n)oaji,  Bnipire 

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jafl  Dcfpotick  Power,  \vhich  the  bcft  Hands  -Se&  i:[ 

cJou!d;  not.  prcferrc  -from  bcin&  dcftruaivcJ^^y^^  j 

to  haman  Nature.    Foe  tfcn  AfrJiiriVjrjand  •  j 

C^fhicifm  were  ilready:  f ntctTd  into.  Arts,)  .      ! 
c^^^  the  Sayagcs  had  made  anY^Imprcfiion^n ;  ^ 

t^e.£n)piret    AS  that  aibrtuitous  and  al-I  | 

inpft.inir9CQloas.Sacceflion  of  good  Princes.  \ 

cou*d  avail,  towards  the  Support,  of  ^  Artsr  '           | 

andSdenoes,  was  nomoreth^ntoprei^  .1 

during .  their, ,oji^n  time; thpfe.  periihing  R6o  | 

m^ins,  wbi(^.  for;  a  while ,  with  diffia4ty;i  ! 

fubfifted  after;  the  DccUnc^  J 

^  jStatue,  .not  .a  Medal,' not>^  tolerable/,  I 

Piece  of  Awhiteaure  cotfd  fli^Jt  fclfaf-^  '         | 

towards.  ,  Philofophy,  Wit  and  Learnjipg,  [ 

in  which  fome  of  thofe  good  Princes  (had.  *     i 

themfelvei  been   fo  renownM,  fell  with  .< 
tb^m^  and  Ignorance  and  Darknefs  qver^i 
jljpread,  the  World,,  and  fitted  it  for  the^ 

^4^/ and  Ruin,  which  cnfuM.       .   ;     ;.Vj  '               I 

.  .We  arc.  now^  in  an  Age  when  Lib  BUT  Y  | 

is  once;  again  in  its  Aicendant^  r  And  we  j 

are  our  felves  the  happy  Nation,  who  not  j 

only  enjoy  it  at  home,  but  by  our  Greatnefs  1 

and  Power  giveXife  and  Vigour  to  it  a^  -         ;  f 
broad  i  and  are  th;  Head  and  Chief  of  the 

Etjr OP  B  All  JLf4^iff,  founded  on  this  tf0j9i«  | 

ij9m^  C4u(i.  \  Nor  is  it , to  be  feared  that  J 

,  ^  We  IbouM  Ipfe  this  noble  Ardour,  or^  faint  ^              ') 

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•r^^contendinff  with  a  fordga  Pd^^^.Md-  ifp 
dtevoorin^  td  r«Iat<f  tie  Ex<kUmcf  ot  ^ 
Qriua  Maa^Aik  ^TU  with  nut  fiWlfcat;* 
a««with  t!at'gtorfea»Pcc>f>ietotnbrc&f^* 
Wys,  when  they  iirautM  6nly  repofe  frbil^ 

ntet  oif- Arti Bad  Studys;-  W<ji ,iS(i>,id> 
ato*iucas  WoflafcB-td  1*  .aii6ru  W^fidbii'- 
^i^l5f ^.'d^t^«l'a  it  hoin«.?nd^ 
■      ^.Ist'- ^Sl?  *  ^^  fiin^; Wiihiif 
iMVxalatiod;     •     ;    ^.     *  :o  cr* :)  .   !       i»  » 

^.^^'^^fc^t  6iftb,  .fwhidi/^^^ 
Ifentiir'a  to  l^k  In  4  ptbiiHeack'  Stil^J 

.     ^ci^  ofljcr  Ubburs  procurt*fefaii  iinmtir^ 
t4  Memory. ' ,%  they  mVltWembw  thai 


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AK.  4^  T.H.0.1U  5^, 

,JLirt.a  Nation  renjain  ever  IpwdcPt  ^'Sgit^ 

otber,  yrhofe  biilin^f^it  w4U.t>e.tQrecomt.  -   I 

.  its  remarkable  Tqnia^on^  «Mi4  reco^rdtltp 

Ati^iKvements  bf.-its  <3v^  «ia4-.-^^«<>7 

Heroes.    And  thp  >&«^tf4i^  1%^  inay 

bappen  to  be  the  fartlieft  ^iQ0i^!4  fr<^  'Any 
•acquaintance  with JLcf^^/,  or  fbeM p. 9 BS4  ' 

theyareyet,  inreaUtf,  the  niQ^iAterefted 

intiieCaoftand Parl7  9f  t^eie JEf9><i»^4>»>^ 

for/:  The  greate^jhArejOfwFamenndAd* 

xnirationfansna|tiira]]yoat;)«e4n9*4:WQtii>    ^. 

thys*    The  Great  >  CwKwl  laore  fecppd  ift 

the  M  q  SB  s  Favoor.    Bat  if  worthy  Poetidc 

Ceninfa  are  not  foond,  nor  »Ule  ?eqme9 

rais*d,  to  rehearle  the  Lives,  and  celebrate 

the  high  A^ons  of  great  Meni  they  xnnft 

be  tradoc'd  by  fucb  Recorders  as  Chance  pr6> 

ients.    We  have  few  modem  iferocs,  who 

like  XaMo?HOMior  CssAK 'can  write 

their  cvraCmmevtarys,    And  the  raw  Me* 

(gw/rfrWritings  and  unformed  Pieces  of  xaa^ 
,  ^ernStatefmen,  fiiU  of  their  interiefiied  and 

private  Views,  wiU  in  anotheriAge  be  of 

little  iervice  to  foppdrt  thdr  Menory  or 

}Hafac  V  Unce  already  the  World  begins  to 

iicken  with  the  Kind.  '*Tistheleaim*d,the 

able,  aqd  diCnterefted  HifitrinHi  who  takes 

p)ace  at  laft.  AM  ^i^ien  the  figoal'  /mt, 
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i  i  But  fuppbfing  it  were  poiBble  for  the 

;£n^V  ot^  StiteffriM^  to  be  abfoluteiy  -  nn^ 

'cbncertfd  for  his  Memory,^  or  what  came 

.  tfciM'himyyetfor  the  prefent  inertl7,  and 

diirb'g  h&  own  time,  it  ^mnft  be  of  Impor*' 

'tancetdiiik  to  ftand  fair  with  the  Men  of 

.Letters  acfd-Ingenoity,  intl  to  bare  the  Cha-' 

Va&er-  and'Reputc  of  being  fitvourable  to 

-theirs  Art^  Be  the  lUuftrioas  Perfon  ever 

ib  high  ^or aw&l  in'his  Station* 5  he  mnft 

.  ^    -luve  Defcriptions^made^of  him,  in  Verle^ 

.  iBlhd  Profe,  tinder  felgn'd,  t>r  real  AppeHa- 

.  tions.  nf  he  be  omitted  iii  foand  Di^V'^r 

tofty  •  EfUl  \  he '  mult '  be  Tung  at  Icaft  in 

•J&<?^rrf^akdpldh  i?4at^.-  The  People  will 

^eeds  .haVo^his  EffgUs^-  tho  they  fee  his 

-Perfon  ever  fo  rarely :  And  if  he  refbfes  to 

4it  .tQ.  the  good  Painter,  there  are  others 

who,  toi  oblige  the  Publick,  will  take  the 

Defign.in  band..   We  Ihall  take  up  with 

what  prefents ;  and  rather  thaft  Jbe  without 

)         V  the  iUiiftrions .  Phyfiognomy  of  bur-great 

'^an;  .  (hiill  be  contented  to  fee  him  -  por* 

trainir'd.b;theArtift.i!rho  ferves  to  illuf- 

«rate  'Prodigys  in  Fdirs]i  and  adorn  heroick 

Si^-f^HiKl  The  ill  Paintof  this  kind  can-* 

jiot,'  ttTs.  ^r]iie,/di(gcace:.his  Excellence  i 

^whQfc  P^yil^ge  it  is^  in/commoA  with.th^ 

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Rcyal  Ifliiei  to  be  raisM  to  this  Scgrcpof  ^J^l 
Honour,  and  to  invite  the  Paflcngeror  tni^  v-OTKI 
vcller  by  his  lignal  Reprcrentativc.     *Tis 
fappos'd  in  this  Cafe,  that  there  are  better 
Piftures  current  of  the  Hero  ;  and  that  Inch 
as  thefe,  a^re  no  true  or  favourable  Repre- 
fentations. ;  But  in  another  fort  of  Lim- 
mng  there  is  great  danger  left  the  Hand 
ftbii'd  difgracc  the  Subjea.  \  Vile  rwtfwrfi/wi'V 
find  wretched  Tunegyrich  arc  the  worft-  of        c?  - 
Satyrs:  And  when  fordid  and  low  Genius's 
make  their  Court  focccfsfally  in  one  wa]^, 
the  Generous  and  Able  areapteft  to  revenge 
it  in  another.  .:  %  ■-'  ' 

All  things  confider^d,*  as  to  the  Ihtcreft  of 
our  Potentates  and  G  k  a  n  d  e  e  s^  they  ap|^ 
pear  to  have  only  this  Choice  left  'em ; 
either  wholly,  if  poflible,  to  fupprefs  Xer- 
^eirsy  or  give  a  helping  hand  towards  their 
.  Support.  "*  Wherever  the  Authmr^Vxz&ict 
and  Liberty  of  the  Pen  has  in  the  leaft '  prc^ 
▼ail'd^  the  Governors  of  (he  State  muft  be 
either  coniiderable  Gainers,  o^  Sufferers,  by 
its  means.    So  that  'twou'd  become  them 
either,  by  a  right  Turhfi  Policy^  to  ftrik'c 
direftly  at  the  Profejfton^  and  overthrow  the 
ytty  jirt  and  ^Myfiery  it  fcif,  or  with  'Ala>- 
critfy  to  fupport  and  incourage  it,  in  the 
right  sianner,  by  a  generous  andimfmiJi 
jregard  to  lA^ti  -  To  afl:  narrowly,  or  by 


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V  ?^^^*  halves}  or  with  IndifTerenoe,  andCooloers} 

\  ii^^  or  fentaftically  and  by  Homoar  merely  i  wifl 

£:arce  be  foand  to  tnro  to  their  adcoont^ 

They  moft  do  Jaftice^  that  Joftxce  may.bf 

done  them.     'Twill  be  Iq  yain  for  bar 

V  .  Albicakdbrs  to  glre  order  that  none 

but  a  Ltsippus  QioqM  make  their  Statact^ 

\    '  ^^  ?Q7  befides.  an  A p  bl  i  a  s  ihpaM  draw 

their  Pidnre.    Infolent  Intmders  win  <b 

themfelves  the  Hononr  to  jpradife  on  th« 

Features  of  fhefe  Heroes.    And  a  vile 

CiijBBixiiS)  after  all,  Ihall  with  their  own 

I  iponient  perhaps,  fnpply  the  room  of  a  de« 

.    ierving  and  noble  Artifl:.      .  , 

V.    In  a  Government  where  the  Pioftc  are 

^harers  in  Power,  bat  no  Diftributers  or 

pjfpenfers  of  Rewards,  they  exped;  it  of 

(  \  itiur  Princes  and  ffreafJlfiit^  that  they  fliou'd 

'     /  fnpply  ^he  gpnerOQS  Part }  apd  bellow  Hor? 

j;iour  and  Advantages  on  thofe  from  whom. 

i     '  the  Nation  it  felf  may  receive  Honour  and 

!  i|^dvantage.    *Tis  expeftcd  that  they  y^ho 

^     .  4re  high  and  eminent  in  the  Static  ibou'd 

^ot  only  provide  for  its  neceflary  Safety 

and  Subliftenc(^  but  omit  nothing  that  may 

^  cwtribute  to  its  Dignity  and  Honpun^    The 

j  y(m  and  SriViicr/ mult  not  be  left  P4^^/l^/^y^ 

;         /    •  The  Publick  it  fdf  will  Join  witlj  the  good 

».  •  Wit$^  in  the  refentmentof  fucji.aN^^ 

1  iris  no  AiMin  advantage,  tjv^^ 


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dt^er^ntyfcr  a  Minittry  ta'  ftav*  Wit  Ofi  ^J^j^  . 

thei?  fide,  and. gain  the  Men  of  Merit  in  ,  ; 

tld$  ■  kind  ta  be  their  Friends.  '  And  la  \ 

tfidfe  5/4^M  Where  ambitidns  Leaders  ofteii  1 

edntefid  for  thiStfpretflc  Authority,  »tbnd  \ 

rdiall  advantage '<*  their  mCaofe,' when  1 

tfecy4n''6bteinVN5ii6c4ndlntcrelk  with  f, 

tfe4  jVIe^'  <l>f  Letfters."  -  the  good  Emperor  ' 

fJAiAji/tfioldmielf  no  mighty  Scholar j    .         -  p 

kadhisdud«*cnasanAooosTo$;  and  ■        .   '■ 

Was  i$  highly  celebrated  for  his  Munificence; 

incl  jult  incouragenttot  of  ^very  Art.  and 

Virtue..  And Cbsak,  wh6  con*d write ifo 

weU  himfclf^  and  maintain*d  his  Caufc  by  « 

SVit  as  wcfl  as  Arms,  knew  what  it  was.  to 

have  even  a  C  a  t  u  l  l  ja  t  his  EneiUy  j  an4  | 

tho  kih*d  fo  often  in  bis  lam^ns,  ebnti-  i 

n^Mt»fbf^veaiJdcbiiTthim.  TheTrait<>r  f 

taiew  t)^eimportancedfthisJ?/i/i»fj&.   May  .  | 

none  wWhave  the  lame  Defigns,underftand  [ 

JTo  wejl  the  Advanta^ci.of  Ihcha'Coiidua! 

j  wou^d  have  requit'd  but  this  one  pef(^  Li 

C  » s  A  9,V  Generofity,  to  have  been"  fecure  df 

his  jaever  tiring  |:QGr«eatnefi,  or  enilaving  his 

patlve  Country. "  l^him  bit  havelhewn  a 

Kuggeinefs  and"  Aufterity  towards  fireeGe? 

piui^SjOraiticgleftorContempttowardsMe^    ' 

of  Wit.  i  iet  hini  have  trnfted  to  his  jlms^     .  •' 

^nd  dedAr*d  agunlt  jlrtiind  Lttmf  \  and 

^J9;ptt*4h$V(]^ovM^r$ppndMAit'ip^  or 


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:2g»j  J  C4r.1111rB.of  meaqer  ^ame,  aodOa- 
n  Tis,  I  Icnotf,  the  imaginatioii  of  feme 
whparecall'd  ^r'«>;^*»,.tliat  in  regard  of 
l^eir  high  Stations  they  may  he.efteem;d  to 
pay  a  fuffident  Tritw^te  fiLetters,  and  dif* 
charge  themfelvks  ^s  to.  their  ovf n  pai^,  In 
particular,  :if.diey  cbofe^^indifierenilyVny 
,     jSabjea  for  their  Bonnty,  and  are  ple^s'd '  to 
oonfertbeir  FaToar  eithq-'  on  fome  one  tre^ 
tender  to  Art,  or  promiioioofly  to  fuch  of 
the  Tribe  of  Writers,  >hbfe  cMpf .Ability 
has  lain  in  miJung  their  aur<'w^n,'andbb- 
tdning  to  be  intrgdoc^d  to  their  Acquain- 
tance. .This  they  think,  is,  fufidentte  in- 
jltal  them  P-tfrw<  •/  WV^  and  Afafters  of  the 
Utfrmis  Qrdti;    But  thfe  Method  wijlof  siny 
other  the  leaftfervc  ^Icirintcreftdj' Dc^gii. 
The  ill  placing  of  Rewards  is  a  double  in^ 
•    jory  to  Merit  i  and  in  every  Caufe'6rlnte- 
reft,  pafcs  &r  worfe  thad  merie  Indifictencc 
pr  Neutrality. "  Th?re  caj>  b?  np.Excnfe 
■fat  making  an  ill  Choice;  •'  Merit  in  every 
]dnd  is  cafily  difcoyer*d  when  fought.  'The 

Pnblickit  felf'feasnptrtogive  JTafficjent  .. 
Indication)  and  points  ^out  tbofe  Gmu^f 

/        wto.  want  only  Counl^nwce  ind' EncoB- 
ja^mcnt  i»  become  wBifid^^ 
jgcnious  Man  never  flarvcs^unkiioisriii:  and 
&f^'M(H^  pn|t  '^ink  hard,"  or  »twou*(r  be 

v^^ ■;•"•  '  "^  '"i&^flibjc 


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AN  Author.  *^ 

impoffibicifor  »era  to  mifs  IJich  advantigcous  SJ^jj^ 
Opportabitys  of  lhewing;.thdr  Gencrolity,  . 
and  acqtiirbg'the'onivcrfil  BAeien^  Ac^ 
kndWlcdgmcnts,  anld  ^ood  Wiflies  of  the 
iflgfehioiB  aad  learned  part  <tf  Mankind.   ;    • 


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oi  '.;'•' ;  :--•■.  •.:'.  -..:■•  -  -•  .-•'  ^ 


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•;:.-r     .  •       .■/  i:::  j-;  ■:,   v..  •;.■-. - 

;HAT  Judgment  therefore  wc  are  to  ' 
•.form,   concerning  .the.  Inflaence  of  • 
ovx  firmdets  in  matter*  of  Art*  and.Let*  ■ 
tcrsi  wiil  eafily  be  gathcr*d  firom  the  Re- 
fleaions  already  made. -It  may  appear  fifom  ■ 
the  very  Freedom,  ve.  have  taken  in  cen- 
faring  thefe  Men  of  Tower^  what  little  reas. 
ibn  Aathors  have  to.-pl»d  *cm  ,9&  their 
Excnfe  for  any  Bdlare  in  the  Imprpyement 
of  their-  Art  and  Talent.    For  iftra  firec 
Coantry,  fuch  as  oprs,.  tbere,.is  aot.any 
Order  ^br  Rank  of '^en,  more  fnt  than 
that  of  Writers:  who  if  they  have  real       * 
Abijity  _and  Merit,  <^n  fuBy  right  them- 
felves  wheninjar*dil;and  are  ready  far-  t. 

"lUih'd  with"  M«ns    fnlKdent -to 
thcmfclve^  <»nfidcf Jt  ,)ix 


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^  4pVXC;B   TO, 

V^W  Writers^ 'ojr.char^^ 

*  toiafiicieiicjr  PA  theafpantof  t;^s)low^ 
ritedaedl  svhich  thqr  <Ura>yer ;  were  rit^t; 
.  for  au^tiier  fort  bf  Fear,  by  wl^ 
plainly  betray  themfelves,*  and  leem  con-, 
&io^^af  iheir  i>wo  Defeft.  TheXjix-^ 
TICKS,  itieems^  are  formidable  to *em. 
TbeCftiTic^s  are  the  drjadfiil 5/ r ff rr/^^ 
the  Oigms^  the  M^chmtirs^  Who  traverfe 
and  dlftorb'emia  their  Works.  Thefearo: 
the  Berfecotors,'  ibr  ii^hofe  fake*  they,  iare 
itady  toiiide  their;^head»(  begging 'Refcae< 
andt  I%ote&ion  of 'att  good  People  \  iind  fly- 
ing itt:);>articalar  to  the  <3rt^^  4)y  whofe 
Kuroor  tbey  hope  to  be  d^ended  ^om  this 
tterdkfs  tx4minin^  RaCel  ^^  For  'what  can 
^  be  more-cnielthan  to  be  for^d  to  fabmlt 
<^.  to  the  f igoroas  Lant ^  Wit^  zxA  'write 
^  under  inch  fevere'^^^^r  as  are  deaf  to  gll 
'^  Cottrtlhip)  and  can  be  wrought  npon  bv 
^  no'lnfinnation  or  Hattcry  to* pais;  by  ^ 
^  Faolcs,  and  pardon  any  TtanfgrJ^iTion  o^ 

^  jtrt?"*  •  '"  ■  :''[•   )[  :';::'' 

* '  To  jttdg  indeed  of  the  'CircoiDJ[tances  of 
a  modern  -/<irri^ri;by  the  Patteri  of  Jii$ 
FrtfdciSf  'Didiesthns^.^iX(i  Jntrodittlifi^s^Oi^ 
V  wonJd- think  ttatf  when  a  Piece  bfWivas 
in  band|  there  was  fome  Conjuration  for^ 
ming  againf^  ^im,  fome  D^aboUcal  Powers 
'  .,v  -  /  drawbg 


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.  drawidg  together  ta  blall  tus  Work;  isnd  Sea^it^ 
crofs  his  generous  Defigni.  'He  thcreforfe ^^"^''^ 
roiizes  his  Indignation,  hardens  his  Fore- 
head,  and  with  many  fnrions  Dr/^imrr/ and 
jivmSkrkV%\  enters  on  his  Bnfineft:  not 
with  the  leaft  regard  to  what  may  ]aftly'    ^ 
be  objeded  to  him  in  a  way  <X  C&iti« 
c  I  s  M  i  bnt  with  an  ablblate  contempt  of 
the  i)/49fxf^  and  jif r^  it  fel£ 

Odi  frofanum  vvlgm  &  4Br€to^  was  in  its 
time,  no  doubt,  a  generous D^jSn^vr.'  The 
AvMti    was  natural  and  proper  in  its 
place}  el);)ecially  where  Religion  and  Virtue ^ 
were  the  Poet'^  Theme.    But  with  our  Mo-    . 
derns  the  Cafe  is  generally  thif  very  Rever fe. . 
And   accordbigly  the  Dt^Mce  or  Avm   . 
fiiouM  run  much  after  this  manner :  '^^  As 
^  for  you  vulgar  Souls,  mere  Nututds^ 
^  who  know  no  Art^  were  never  adtnittcd 

^  ^  into  the  Temple  of  Wifdom,  nor  ever 
*S  vifitcd  the  Sanftuarys  of  Wit  or  Lear- 

.  ^  ning,  gither  your  fclves  together  from 
f^  all  Parts,  and  hearken  to  the  Song  or^ 
f^  Tale  I  am  about  to  utter.  But  for  you 
^  Men  of  Science  and  Underftanding,  who 
«^  have  Ears  and  Judgment,  and  can  weigh 
^^  Senfe,  (can Syllables,  and  meafure  Sounds: 
5^  You  who  by  a  certain  Art  dlftinguifli 
^^fdfcThouibt  {com  trui:^  C^riBnefi  bom 
tt  RudehifSf  and  Bmb^fi  and  Chm  ftom 
>•>•--  ^^  OrJUr 


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80  Advicb  Td  .   , 

Part  n.^  Order  md  tbi  Sublifne ^Avvaj  hence!  or 
^^^'VV  a.ftand  aloof!  whiift  I  pradifc'upoii  the 
^Ealinefs  of  thofe  mean  Capacity$  and 
^  Appreheniions,  who  make  the  moft  na« 
^:  morons  AndtencC)  and  are  the  only  com«^ 
^ :  petent  Judges  of  my  Labonrs^^  \     " 

H^is  ftrange  to  Tee  how  differently  the 
Vanity  of  Mankind  runs,  in  difierent  Times 
and  Seafons.    Tis  at  prefent  the  Booft  of 
almoft  every  Enterprizer  in  the  Mosses 
Art,  ^  That  by  his  Genius  alone,  and  a  na- 
^  tural  Rapidity  of  Stile  and  Thought,  he 
^Jsable  to  carry  all  before  him;  diat  he 
^^  plays  with  his  Bufinefs,  does  things  in 
^ :  palEng,  at  a  venture,  and  in  the  quickcfi: 
^  period  of  Time.*V  -In  the  Days  of  At- 
71CIL  Ehgmci'^   as  Works'  were  then 
truly  of  another  Form   and  Tumi   fo 
Workmen  were  of  another  Humour,  and 
had  their  Vanity  of  a  quite  contrary  kind. 
They  became  rather  afieded  in  endeavouring 
to  diicover  the  Pains  tbey  had  taken  to  be . 
corrcft.    They  were  glad  to  infinuatc  how 
Uborioufly  and  with  what  coft  of  Time  ' 
they  had   brought  the  fmalleft  Work  of 
theirs  (as  perhaps  a  lingje  OdiOx  S^uyr^  an 
Ordtion  or  Pdncgyricl)  to   its  perfe&ion; 
•     ^Wben  they  had  fo  polilh'd  their  Piece,  and 
r  ^(ftnder'd  it  fp  natural  and  oafy,,  that  it 

jf^Vonly  akcky  lOight,' sihit^ 


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or  flowing  Vcja  of  Hambur?  they  wfctfe.^£^ 
then  chiefly  cojiccrtfd  kft-  it  ftoa'd  >»  ^^'^^^^ 
rtMty  pa&  for  fuch,  and  their  Artifice  re- 
main  undifioTerU  they  Wire  ^  willing  it 
Ihoo'd  be  known  how  feiiaiis  their  Play 
wasv  u^  1^0^  elaborate  their  Ffded(tm  and 
Facility:  that  they  might  fay  as  the  tfgre^ 
iddeand  polite  Poet^  glancing  bshimfel^^ . 


Andy  ..       -   i     .  ■■    r     .;  •   <^  ■''■•' 


*Vf  pki  qvhU 


Sfertt  iiUm^  fudii  mtdhiMi  frufitdqUi 
..:.  *''    laboret    -  .  •  " 

-^Z  '  Aufus  idem:  tantvHf  ferm  junOurd^ 

Sach  Accnracy  of  Workmanfliip  req^res 
a  Critxcs's  Eye.  Tis loft  opon a  vnlgiEir 
Judgment.  Nothing  grieves  a  redArtifi 
more  than  that  Indifference  of  the  Pubitck, 
which  fuffcri  W^k  to  ^&  Mcriticiz-d. 
Nothing,  oti  the  other  fide,  rejoices  itiitt 
more  than  the  nice  View  and  infpedioaof 
the; accurate  Exammr  and  Ji^dgyf^Wcri. 
.  'Tis  the  m«n  Genius^  the  flovenfy  Perfbr? 
mer,  wha  knowing  nothing  of  mr#  )r«r£f 
nuuifiif^  endeatdtttf  by  the  beft  outwa^td 
::....:  ^G  ^  -'  ^""  -   <ao6 


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Si$  . APVICB  *o   ' 

P^^li  Glofs  aildiatdin  tofturathe^Eye 

^y^>^ffom^  a  :Akf&  and  ftcddy  Survey  of  hh  - 

\  JPlcce.  ...?..•;:.»;;:     ':".''■''  '  ■  ■'"''•"•  ^  ^-'*'* 

:i  What  is  there  that  ab  expert  Mujwism  ^ 

.^pfe  par^eftly  defire8>  than  to  perform  his  ^' 

]Part  in  thi:  prefence  of  thofe  who  are  know* 

^ingJn  his  Art?  Tisto  rlrrf^r  alone,  that 
^  applys^himfelf,  thi  critkul^  the  nice  Ban  ^ 
V  let  his  Hearers  be  of  what  OuonHir  they ' 
jpleafe:  Be  they  natarally  anftere;  morofe,' 
or  rigid;  no  matter,  fo  they  are  bat  Cri^' 
tUiff  able  to  cenfare,  remar)c,  and  Ibund ' 
every  Accord  and  Symphony.  What  is 
there  mortifys  the  good  Pnuner  more,  than 

/when  amidft  his  admiring  Speftators  there 
js  not  one  prefent,  who  has  been  usM  to' 

./compare  the  Hands  of  diiierent  IVIafterSf 

.  or  has  4»  Eyt  to  diftingnilh  the  Advantages 
or  Dcfieats'  of  every  Stile?  Thro  all  the* 
iniferionr "Orders  of  Mecbmich^  the  Rule  is 
foand  to  hold  the  fame*  In  every  Science,- 
every  Art,  the  resil  Mafiers  or  Proficients^ 
rejoice  in  nothing  more,  than  in  the  thdrdw 
^arch  and^  Examination  of  their  ferfor* 
mances,  by,  aU  the  Rules  of  Art  and  nice^ 

,;  Criticifm. .\  W hy^  therefore  (in  the  M o s as 
Kapie  ])  h  it  not  the  fame  with  iour  Preten-^ 
4^s'to  the- Writing  Art,  our  ?^^/^  ,and 

Pco&flion  are  w<^  &^uid  fiicb  CritUhH^um^ 

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4nd  indulg'd  in  this  unlearned  Averfion*,  5^;;^. 
ualefs  it  betaken  for  granted,  that,  as  Wit>Ov^^ 
and  Learning  ftand  at  prefent  in  onr  Na> , 
tion,  wfr  are  ftill  upon  the  feot  of  Emfi^ 
rich  and  Movnttlnmh  / 
'  From  thcfc  Confiderations,  1  take  upon 
me  abiblatdy  to  condemn  the  fefliionable 
and  prevailing  Cuftom  of  inveighing  againft 
C  &  I T I  c  K  s,  as  the  common  Enemys,  the 
Pefts,  and  Bntttfttu  of  the  Commonwealth 
of  Wit.ind  Letters.    I  aflcrt,  on  the.con- 
trary,  that  they  are  thfc  Pr0ps  and  P/Air/ 
of  this  Building  i  and  thatj  without  their 
Encouragement  and  Propagation,  we  iball 
remain^  ftill  as  G  o  t  h  x  c  k  JrehittSts  as         ^ 
ever.  . 

IN  the  weaker  and  more  impcrfea  So-  ' 
cietys  of  Mankinid,  fuch  as  thofc  compos'd 
of  federate  TriW, '  or  mi«  C*/tf»y/,  fcarce 
fettled  in  their  new  Seats,  it  might  pafs 
for  fttfEcient  good  Fortune,  if  the  People 
proved  but  fb  far  Matters  of  Language  as 
to  be  able  to  underftand  one  another,  in 
order  to  confer  about  their  Wants, .  and  pro- 
vide for  their  common  Neceilitys.  Their 
expos*d  and  indigent  State  cou'd  not.be 
prefum'd  to  afford  *em  either  that  fiiU  Ld« 
{|ire,.oreafy  Diipofition  which  was  requi-'- 
fifie'^to  raife  *cm '  to  any  Cimoltty  of  Specn-'' 
G  a  laUon. 


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^4  Advice  to 

ftrtJOL  lation.   They  who  wcr?  neither  lafc  from  * 
^fj^  Violence,  npr  fecnre  of  Plenty,  were  on- 
;/^/x.,  likely  to  engage  in  unneceOary  Arts,    Nor. 
cott'd  it  be  expefted  they  fliou'd  turn  their 
Attention  towards  the  Nombers  of  their 
Language^  abd  the  harmonious  Sounds  which 
they  accidentally  emitted.     But  when,  in 
procefs  of  time,  the  Affiurs  of  thcSociety 
werefcttl'4  on  aneafy  and  iecurePonnda^ 
tion  i  }f9htn  Debatis  and  Difcourfcs  on  thefe 
Subjefts  of  common  Intcreft,  and  publlck 
Good,  were  grown  ^miliar  5  and  the  Sftechu 
|:         of  prime  Men,  and  Leaders,  were  confi*  ' 
■f,  der^d,  and  compared  together  i  there  wou'd 

naturally  be  obfenr'd  not  only  a  more  agree-* 
able  meafure  of  Sound,  but  a  happier,  and 
moreeafyRangement  of  Thoughts,  in  one 
Speaker,  than  in  another.  .  V  . ,      ;  : 

It  may  eaCly  be  perceiv'd  from  hence,  that 
the  Coddefs  FsRsaAsion  muft  have  been 
'  in  a  manner  the  Mother  of  Poetry^  Bhitmch^ 
Afufickj  and  the  other  kindred  Artsv   Fo? 
'tis  apparent  that  where  diieiF  Men^  and 
Leaders  had  the  ftrongeft  Intereit  tc  fcrfuadt ; 
they  usM  the  higheft  Endeavours  ro  ^/^^yZr^^^ 
So  that  in  fuch  jf  State  or  Polity,  as   has     . 
Uen  defcribM,  not  only  the  belt  Order  of 
Thought^  and  Jurnof  Fanc^^ 
foft  9od  iavi|ing  Kumbers  .muft  h^vje  been 
eqiploy'df^  to  (3^xm  ti^JPitblkk  £4r,  and 


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to  indiaefi*  Himx  by  the  Agtc»blcncfsof  g&^a. 
Bxpreffion.  V^/TV 

'  Almoft  all  the  antient  Mafim  of  this  ib|rt  ' 
were  faid  to  have  been  Musi  c  i  a  m  s."  AimI 
Traiitunp  which  ibon  grew  fiibolons,  coa*d 
not  better  reprcfent  the  fitft  F^wk/w  or 
EfidAlifiers  of  d\de  larger  ^etys,  than,s|S 
;real  Smgittrs^  who  by  the  poWet  of  their 
Voice  and  Lyre,  coa*d  charm  the  wildest 
Beafts,  and  draw  the  mde  Forells  and  Hocks  ' 
intp  the  Fonn  of  feireft  Citys.    19or  caQ  |t  ' 

be  doabted,  that  the  fame  ArHnt,  who  fo 
iadoftrioufly  apply'd  themfelres-to  fltady  the 
Nambers  of  Sfeeeht  maft  have -^  made  pro- 
portionable Improvements,  in  the  Study  of 
,  mere  Sounds  and  «4»«(r«/  Harmot^\  wUch, 
of  it  fclf,  moft  have  conCderably  cpntributcd 
towards  the  ibftning  the  rude  Manners,  and 
harih  Temper  of  thdr  new  People.  •  , 
.  If  therefore  it  fo  happened  in  thefe  fiee 
Communitys,  made  by  Conleht  and  volun- 
tary Airociation,p  that,  after,  a\while,  the 
Powor  of  One,  'or  of  «  Fm,.  grew  prevalent 
ovier  the  reft  i  if  Fpac  b  took- place,  and  • 
theA^rs  of  ;theSodetywere.adminifter*d 
without  their:  Concurrence,  by  the  influence 
,oi  Aw€  and  'ferraw),  it  fonow*d,'  that  theie 
j^thetick  Sdcncc^  and  Arts  of  Speech  were 
Iitde  cultivated,  iince  they  were  of  little 
1^  /But  where  Bsrsoasion.  was  tiie 
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*5v5i  ^**^  "****'  **^  goidijn^the  Socic^  j'  where 

'^'v^.  the  People  were;  to  be  convio<f4  before  they 

;adedi  there  £/0c«rf«»  became  conliderable  9 

•  ;  there  Ordtofs  zni  Bardi  were  heard  ^  ajid 

^ .  '^the  chief  Genias*s  zvAStgts  of  the  Ration 

jbetook  themfclves  to  the  Study  of  thofe  Arts  • 

•^by  which. the  People  were  renderM  more 

*]trcatable  in  a  way  of  Reafon  aid  Unider- 

■ftanding,  and  more  fubjed  to  be  led  by  Men 

•^of  Sticnce  and  j^mdition.    The  more  thefe 

-irfw.}?/ courted  thePublick,.the  more  they 

'  inftruiSted  it.    In  fuch  C#»/f;www  as  thefe, 

■twas  the  Intereft  of  the  Wife  and  AM?, 

\    ;that  the -Community  fhonM  be  Judg*  of 

^Ability  and  Wifdom.    The  high  Eftecm  of 

»iogcnuity  was  whiat  advanced  the  lagcnioqs 

j  to  the  greateil  Honours.    And' they  who 

''rofc  by  Science,  and  PoUtenefs  in  the  higher 

Arts,  coa*d  not'  but  projiote  that  Ta^e.  and 

*«/»^  to  which  they  ow'd  their  Diftinaiop 

•  ,      'and  Preeminence.         ;'  ■•'.    '    "" 

,:*    Hence  it  is  that  thofe  jirtt  have  beeji 

Jdeliver*d  to  tt$  in  fuch  Petfed^ion,  by  frit 

.  Natioiu  5  'fiich  as  from  the  Nature  of.  their 

^GovernmcAt,  as  from  a  proper  Soil,  proK- 

^duc'd  the  generous  Plants :  whilft  th^  migh- 

"ticft  Bodys,  and  vafteft  Empires,  goycrtfd 

.      ^byiVr^,  and4  2>^0ftVl?«9«r,  cou*d,  after 

Ages  of  Peace  and  Leifure,'  produce  nothing 

..bttf  what  was  deform*^  and  ^barbarous  of 

,  ,  "     'the  kind.  '^    '*  V/h^t\ 

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When  the  terfiiajive  Arts  were  grown  S^^j 
; ,  thosinto  Repute,  andthePowcrpf  movin&Y^T^ 
\  .the  Aficaions  become  the  StoiJx  and  I^mu- 
^, lation  of  the  iforward  ITiw  and  afpiring" 
P  {/mWVof  the  Timesj   it  wou^l  ncce'fla^-^  • 

^/rily  happen  that  many  Gcniui*s  of  eqoiai 
J  1  Size  and  Strength,  tho  lefs'"covctoas  of 
...  publick  Applaofe,  of  Power,  or  of  InflacwJer^ 
;^.ovd:.Manldnd,/wonM  content' t^m^^^  ! 

0    with  the  CmemfUtim  merely jpifthcfe  en-^  j 

i.  chanting  Arts.  Thefe  they  ;wou*4  thebct-^ 
/,;  ter  injoy,  the  more  they  refin*d"rfjeirT4/?f».  , 

and  cultivated  their  £4r.    For  to  aU  Mnfidc. 
\     there  muft  be  an  Ear  proportionable.  Tberc^  \ 

j.   :xnuft  be  an  Art  of  Hearing  fopnd,  eV  the 

.  performing  Arts  can  have  their  doc  Eflfe^  ^  ,    .   ; 

,v  ,pr  any  thing  cxquifitc  in  the  kind  be  felt 
^  ;  or  comprehended.  .  The  juft  Performers 
;-   .therefore  in  each  Art,  cotfd  not  but  nato-'  I 

.,     rally  be  the  moft  deCroas  of  improving  and'  | 

refining  the  pul^lick  Ear  i  which  they  coa'd      -  % 

. .    no  way  fo  well  effcft  as  by  the  help  of  thofe'  .  -       i 

^ ,  .  ♦  latter  Gmuis^  wh6  were  in  a  manner  their 

Jnterfreters  to  the  People  5  and  who  by  their 
•Example  taught' 'the  Fablick ;t6  difcovec 

what  was  juft  and  excellent  in  each  Ferfotr 

,  ^    mance.  *7^       •.   ^ 

^  .,  Hence  was  the  Ori^^of  CiiTicxsi 
.;^  who,  as  Arts  and  Sciences  advanced,,  couM 
j;      ftot  torpme^ 

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88*,  Advxce.to 

Part^I.^bcing  heard  with  j^tisfaftjon  in  their,  t^tn,^ 
^^</t^ \werc.at  Iwgtb  Upiptcd  to  -become  jiuthon^  ; 
^    adli  appear  in  Publick.     Thefc  were  hc>.  i 
T^ppfd  wif:h  the  ;Name  of  i^ofhijts:  ACba*^^ 
raj^er  which  in  early  tipies'  was  highly  re^  ^ 
ijpe^ed.  /Nor  did  the  gravsft  Pbihfifhar^^ 
jf^^ci  were  ^Gehfqrs  of  Ms^imeni,.  and  Q9tV^ 
TjL^^^  *:  ^^  a  higher  degree,  difdam  to  et^  ^ 
tlipjf  Critkifh^  19  the  inferiouc  Arts  9  efpcj  : 
cj^^y  ,in  thofif.  relating  tx^Jfeepb^  and,  IjS^k 
\  i^5?«rQf.-^rx?f«K?»rapd/  ,.      !  ./ 

'^l^^n  £i;c^  4  J&^/r  as  tlu$,  y^as  once^  rifen^ 
*^?':  no  lopgcr  poffible  to  inipofe  on  Mani^ 
•        lyp^J^  by.iiybatw.asfpccioa8aa 
•  ^j^f  Pablick  wQu'd  be  paid  injio  falfe  Wit,  . 

or«nriing.?ilpqp?ncc.    Where  the  Zr«^;^f4 
^  ;wer5  ip  well  recc|vM,  and  Pbii  . 
lemfelves  d^fdaiyd  not  to  bq  o;f  • 
ec }  there  coi^^d  ^Pt  AU  to  ^riic 
an  infqriour  lOrdcr,  who  woif'4:  > 
;be  ieyeral  Provinces  of  this  .58a^  ^ 

Sy  ^nd  qthcrs  Qf  cpnfiderabl^  note^  ^ri 
4n4'fOiine;it/ia  their  degt??,  wdu'd  every  : 
woere  lappear,  anfi  vindicate  the  Tru^h  an4  - 
Jljpcc  of  ti^iXi  Mti  by  revealing  the  ;hf4t   v 
den'Beautys  which  lay  in  the  Works  of  ju^    " 
,   ffr/en«rr4^:^nd^bywpoifiagth^  i 

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AN    AUTTHpR. 

phiftryiia  Argument,  of  Bmbalt  ia  Stilcj  ggfj^ 
nothing  of  the  effeminate  Kind,  or  of  tht^'v^^ 
fal&  Tender  J  the  pointed  W^rriVi^,  thcdifr 
jointed  Thought^  the  crouded  Simile^  or 
the  piix'4  Met4fhorj  couM  pafs  even  on  the 
common  Ear:  whillfc  the  l^oTAiTi,  the 
E^ppsitoiiSt  and  Prompters  above' 
jncntion'd,  were  eycry  where  at  hand,  and 
^'eady  to  explode  the  unnatural  Manner* 

'Tis  eafy  to  imagine,  that  amidfl:  the  fe-- 
«yeral  Stiles  and  Manners  of  Difcourfe  or 
Writing,  the  eaCelfc  attain'd,  and  earlieft 
pra^is'd,  was  the  Miracuhm^  X\i^  femfem^ 
or  .what  we  g^jierally  call  the  SuBtiMR- 
v^j^^^yZ/b^^^irr  is  of  all  other  PaflTions  the  ea<- 
iiell:  raised  in  raw  and  qnezperienc'd  Man^ 
kind.  Children  in  their  earlieft  Infancy  are 
entertain'd  in  this  manner :  And  the  known 
way.  of  pleafipg  fncfa  as  theie,  as  to  make 
^em  wonder,  and  lead  the  way  for  'em  in 
this  Faflion,  by  a  feign'd  Surprize  at  the 
x^iraqilouf  Objeds  weiet  before 'em*  The 
belt  Muiick  of  Barkarianr  h  h^deoqs  and 
aiJ:onUhing  Sounds. ;  And  the  fine  Sights  of 
Indians  areeporinoas  Figures,  various  odd 
and  glaring  Ck>lours,  and  whatever  of  that 
fort  is  aqdaxingly  beheld^  with  a  kind  of 
^firinoqr  and  Confternation.  -. ./; 

In  Poetry;  and  ftudyM  Pirofe,,the  4/^ 
pijhiffi  Part|  or '  what  commonly:  pafles  for 


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^'P^S^SUm.  is  fprmy  by  the  variety  of  Kgorc^ 
/W^  Metaphor*,  and  byquS 

-way  of  fopreffion,  for  that  which  is  moft 
.:.  nnlUce  to  Humanity,  or  ordinary  yfe.  This 

ficcn  the  Manner  of  the  earUeft  POets,  be- 

^X'l^F  of  HoM  an  J  or  tin  fiKh  time 
"*?^/*?^?'^  *=*"«  *"to  Repute,  who 
.^  depos  d  that  fpnrious  Race,  and  gave  rife 
^.•,j«8»f»niate  and  gennin  Kind.  He  re-  • 
tain  d  only  what  was  decent  of  the/fr.r- 
/»w  or  «w4/,WiV*  Stile,  introdac»d  the  JMM.. 
rMuid  yf«;/f,  and  turned  hu  thoughts  to- 
.  j;*~8  the  real  Beauty  of  Compofitbn,  the 
Uni^  of  Dcfign,  the  Truth  of  Charadcrs, 
«nd  the  joft  Imitation  of  Nature  in  each 
particular.  • 

The  Manner  of  this  Father-Poet  was  af- 

;    terw^rds  variouOy  imitated,  and  divided 

'  into  feveral  Shares ,  efpcdaUy  when  it  came 

to  be  copy»d  in  DrmnMtieh     Tkaobdt 

•  came  firft  j  and  took  what  was  xd.o&  Solemn 

»M  SubUm.    In  this  part  the  Poets  fuc- 

ttcded  fooncr  than  in  Co ii  a  d y  or  the  /*. 

mUw  Kindj  as  was  natural  indeed  to.fup- 

pofi,  fince  this  was  in  reaUty  the  eafieft 

Manner  of  the  «w,  and  capable  of  being 

'Jftwght  ■■  the  fboneft  to  Pcrfeaion.   Pot"  fo 

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AN    AQTHOR.  ^l 

« 'forms  n^  Apd  *tis highly  worth  remarking;  Se6^  2 j  I 

:  What  this  mighty  Genius  and  Judg  of  Art,  i>S/Sl  I 

>  declaresconcerningTKAO£DT)-tihatwhat^  I 

'  ever  Idea  might  be  formed  of  the  otmoft  \ 

'  'Perfedionof  thiskindof  Poem,  Itcpa'dia       •  .     ! 

-  Pradice  rift  00  higher  than  it  had  beeii  i 

already  carry*d  in  his  time  9  «  Kiving  at  ,1 

*V  length  (fays  he)  attainM  its  Ends,  and  \ 

'    **  being  apparently  conluroinate  in  it  felf:**    .  \ 

3at  for  CoMBDT,  it  feems,  tWasftiU  Id  | 

hand.    It  had  been  already  in  fome  manner  \ 

reduced }  but;  as  he  plainly  infinuates,  it  i^ 

layyetnnfini(h*d:  notwithftandingtbewit-  j; 

<  ty  Labours  of  an  AkistovhahbSi  ^^^ 

^he  otjicr  copjick  Poets  of  the'  firft  Manner; 

who  had  flpurilh'd  a  whole  Age  before  this  . 

'  Critick.  'Asperfea'as  were  thofe  Wits  in  ■ 

^tileandLdnguageVandasfertUeinaU  the         •. 

Varietys  and  turns  of  Humour  J  yet  the 

Truth  of  Charaders,  the  Beauty  of  Order, 

ai;d  the  fimple  Imitation  of  Nature  were,  in '  \ 

a  manner  >hoDy  unknown  to  *em  5  or  thro 

fctulancy,  or  Dfbauch  of  Hufl[iour,  weire^  '    . 

itfeems,*negleaed  and  fct  aCde.\  A  Mb-  \ 

NANDB&'had  notasyet  appearMj  who 
•  arbfefbon  after  5  to  accompUfli  the  Prophecy 

of  our  grand  Matter  of  Art,  and  confum<^ 

Xfiatt  PbiMtgUf.'  ■'.'[ 

'   CoMBpi  bad  at  this  time' done  littlfi 

fqore'  than  Yf^t  the'  antlent  iV^r/  had 
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.9*  4  P  VICE  TO  ,. 

grtft^ done  bcfere  it.    Twas  of  adminHe  n^c 
*<y>'  to  explode  the  fiUfi  S$ikiim  of  early  Poets, 
aod(b(^a^in  its  own  Age  were  on  every 
occafion  ready  to  relapfe  into  that  vitioo^ 
Manner.  ,  The  good  Tragedians  thcmfeUes 
equ*d  hardly  efcape  its  Lalhcs.    The  pom- 
pons Orators  were  its  never-£uUngSubjedSr 
Every  thing  tliat  might,  be  impofing,  by  a 
felfe -Gravity  or.  Solemnity,,  was  forced  tt> 
'  fttdnre  the  Triil  of  this  Toachftone.  :  Man-' 
%«  and  -!Qha:ra,aers,  as  well  a$,Speech.^n4 
Writings,  were  difcofs'd  with  the  greateft 
Freedom.    Nothing  coa*4  W  better  fitted 
than  this  Genias  of  Wit,  to  unmask  the 
6cqof  things,  and  remove  thofe  Larvdni' ' 
pa^Uf,  formM  fr6m  the  tragUk  Manner,  and 
pompous  Stiie,  which  had  preceded ;     ;.: ; 


■J.." 


«..,*rwas.npt  by  chance  that  this  Sueeejfm 
happened  in  Qrbbcb,  aftpr  the  manricr 
defcnbdi  bpt  rather  thro!  Neceffity,  and 
pom  theRearon  and  Nature  of  Thinra. 
Fww'hftilthy  Bodys,  Natu^'diaates^He;, 
5^y»?';,^e'  own,.andprpVidc8  fo'r'thc 
Qire  of  what  .has  hippcn'd  amifs  in 't^e 
£j<>^  wd,  Progrcfs.of,  a.  Cbnltitutibii; 
Tfl^A^.  of  this  fr^  people  being'  mthe 
-.1  ;  "  Increaji) 


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AN  AUTHOIU  sf 

Incrcafe*,  and  their  Ability  and  Judgment  SeCb  2; 

every  day  improving,  as  Letter!  and  Arts*^?^^  | 

advanced  j  they  cou*d  not;  but  find  in  them*-  -;^  ^  '  1 

felves  a  Strength  of  Nature,  which  by  the .  | 

help  of  good  Ferments^  and.  a^wholefom  t^ 

oppofition  of  Humours,  wou'd  corred  ia      ^  1^ 

one  way  whatever  was  exceffive,  or  7rcc4iir  \ 

(as  Phyfidans  lay)  in  anotl^er*     Thus  the 

florid  and  over-fknguine  Humour  of  thp-  1 

%65jri/tfwasal]ay'dby  fomethingof  acoA-.  | 

trary  nature*    The  Comck  Genius  was  apr . 

ply'd,  as  a  kind  of  Caufiickj  to  thofe  Ex^*       ^  '[ 

uberances  and  Imguss  of  the  fwoln  Dialed,      "^   ■     ,    ^    \ 

and  magnificent  manner  of  Speech.     But  /  ; 

after  a  while,  even  this  Remedy  it  felf  was  ^ 

found  to  turn  into  a  Dlfeafe :  as  Medicines*         '  ^ 

we  know,  grow  corrofive,  whea  the  fouler 

Matters  on  which  .they  wrought  are  iu£r  ;  ' 

ciently  purg'd,  and  the  ObftrAdions  1^-  i 

moy'd..  '■'  •  .       ■ 

*   jDignam  Lege  tegi.^  .    .  '\ 

.    'TIS  a  great  Error  to  fuppofe,  as  fonie         * 
have  done,  that  the  reltraining  this  licen^ 
tious  manner  of  Wit,  iy  L4ir,  was  aVio^  *       | 

latipn  of  the  Mberty  of  the^ATKBNiAK   -  .  ) 

Statei  or  an  EffiA  merely  of  tAe/£k)wcr^^^  .  r 

Foreigners  \  whom  it  little  conOTu'd  after  I 

*'^ '••■■■;''  ■'''•'^••.  '"/'■*  ti:.^^:?',  -Y^imf-  1 


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BaftlL>pirhat  manner  thofe  Citizens  treated;  one 
^^^^^'''^dnothcr^  in  their  Comedys  i  or  what  fort . 
of  Wit  they  made  choice  of,  for  their  or-  ; 
.  dinary  Diverfions.  •  If  apon  a  change  of  ■, 
Government,  as  daring  the  Ufarpation  ot) 
the-  Thirty^  or  when  that  Nation  was  horn** 
bled  at  any  time,  either  by  a  Philip,  an 
ALBXANBSRf  or  an  Anti^atbk,  they  .. 
had  been  forcM  againft  their  »7Zf/,    to  - 
enaa  fuch  lums  as  thefe  i  'tis  certain  they 
woo'd  have  foon  repealed  'em,*  when  thofe 
,     ,       Terrors  were  removed  (as  they  foon  were) 
and  the  People   reltor'd   to  their   for- 
mer Liberty?.    For  notwithftanding  what 
this  Nation  fulTer'd  mwarMy^  byfcveral 
Ihocks  received  from  Foreign  States  j  not- 
withftanding the  Dominion  and  Power  they 
'  loft  shroaJj  they  prefcrv'd  the  lame  Govern- 

ment dt  home.  And  how  pailionately  in- 
terefted  they  were  in  what  concerned  their  . 
Diverfions  and  publickSpedaclcsi  bow  jea- 
lous and  fuU  of  Emnlation  in  what  related : 
to  their  Poetry,  Wit^  Mujuk,  and  other  jtrtt^  ^^ 
in  which  they  excelled  aU  other  Nations ;  is  ; 
well  known  to  Perfons  who  have  any  Com- ' 
prehenfion  ;0f  antient  Manners,  or  been  tba; 
leaft  wnveriant  in  Hiftory.  > 

^  Nothing  therefore  cpu'd  have  been:  the 
Qmfe  of  thefe  Publick  2>ra*«r/,  and  of  this* 
gradual  Reform  in  the  Commonwealth  of 
■         .       .  '    Wit, 


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Wit>  but  the  real  Rcfonn  of  Tdfie  and  Hn^  £j&j|;, 
iniur\vLt\it  Commonwealth  or  Government  ^^'"^'^*'' 
it  felf.    Inftead  of  any '  Abridgment,  'twas 
in  reality  an  Inaeafe  of  Liberty^  and  an  £n« 
largeinent  of  the  Secarity  of  Prpptrtyi  and  ' 
perfonal  Safety,  to  provide  againft  what 
was  injarions  to  the  good  Name  and  Repu^ 
tation  of  every  Citizen.     As  this  Intelli- 
gence in  Life  and  Manners  grew  greater  in 
that  experienced  People,  fb  the  Relilh  of 
Wit  and  Hnmonrcoa'dnot  batinpropor* 
tion  be  more  refin'd.    Thus  Grbbcb  in 
general  grew  more  and  more  polite;  and 
as  it  advanced  in  this  refpeft,  was  more    - 
averle  to  the  obfcenebnfiboning  manner. 
The  Athbnians  ftiU  went  before  the 
reft,  and  led  the  way  in  Elegance  of  every 
kind.    For  even  their  firft  Comedy  was  a 
Refinement  apon  fome  irregular  Attempts   « 
which  had  been  made  in  thatdramatick 
way.    And  the  grand  Critickihews  US,  that 
in  his  own  time  the  Phallica,  or yhrr- 
riUus  and  cbfcem  Fareij  prevailed  ftill,  and 
had  the  Countenance  of  the  Magiftrate,  in 
fome  Citys  of  G  &  b  b  c  b,  who  were  behind      ' 
the  reft  in  this  Refidrm  of  Tafte  and  Man« 
nen. 

But  what  is  yet  a  more  undeniable  Evi« 
dence  of  this  natural  atkigrditud  Refinement 
of  Stiles  and  Mknners  among  the  Ahtientsi 

'  '*t  /V '     :  parti- 


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Part  IL  particalariy  ia  what  concern'd  their  Stag^, 

y^ih  that  this  very  Cafe  of  Prohibition^  and 

)  '  '  Aeltraintf  happen'd  among  the  Romahs 

'  tbcmfelves ;  where  no  ESeds  of  Foreign 

Power,  or  of  a  Honle  Tyranny  <:an  be  pretend- 

ded.    Their  Fit  icBMHiN,  andAtaLLi^K 

way  of  Wit,  was  in  eariy  days  proiubited* 

and  £49/ made  agdnft  it, /ir  firr  Pic^/i^JlV 

.       /Hiy  and  in  regard' to  the  Wel&re  of  they « 

C&mmumty^  Such  JJctmi9v[nt[s  having  beenr 

*  feand  in  reality  contrary  to  the  joft  lA  Hf^ 

of  the  People.      *  J^"'' 


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-/Defiti  Ucijpti  :  frit  muBk qucqugCura 

'CoHbiTiOMB  yir^rrCoiCMaMt.    '^^ 
*       •  ttUmLix  "  " 

.    Pmts^UtM  fifsU  fU409Bit  Cdrmhti  ^mm». 

Deferihi,  •    ' 

In  defenceof  what  I  have  here  advanced;, 
Icoa'd,  beCdes  the  Anthorityof  grave  Hifr 
torians,  and  Chronologies,  produce  tbe^ 
Teflumony  of  one  of  the  wiieft,  and  moft 
iaious  of  antient  Authots;  whole. fingle 
Authority  wou'd  be  acknowledged  to  have 
cqdal  Force' with  that  of  many  cbncurrilsg 
Writers*  Beihews us,  that t\Mfirfifrm^d 
CUmi(y  and  S^Hraie^  cS  ludicrm  V/itj  y^^^^ 

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introdac^d  upon  the  neck  of  TbiStsttX}it.:^St^'i^ 
The  Mnfc  was  privUegM  ai  i.fpift  of'*>'^^'^ 
Caunter^Pidaga^ui^  againft  the"  IjPpmp^,  ^ild 
Formality  of  the  more  folemn  Wtiters. 
And  what  is  highly  remarkable,'^  our  <AtlthQr 
(hews  ns,  that  in  Philofophy  it  felf  there 
happened)  almoft  at  the  Very  ikme  time^  a 
like  Sucteffion  of  Wit  and  HamOnr}'whea 
in  oppofitioh  to  the  fublime  Philofoph^c, 
And  afterwards  to  his  .grave 'Difiiple  and 
Sacceflbr  in  the  Academy,  there  aroie  .4 
€§m€k  Philofophy,  in  the  Ferfbn  of  ano- 
ther Mafter  and  Difci{)les  j  who  perTo* 
nally,  as  well  as  in  their  Writings,  were 
fttindired  oppoGtion  to  tiie  former:' not 
as  differing  in  Opinions  or  Maxims ;  but  in 
their  Stile,  and  Manner  ^  in  the  Torn'  of 
Hamonr,  and  Method  of  Inftrudion.   -     - 

'Tis  pleslfant  enongh  to  confider  how 
exa&  the  refemblance  was  between  the  Li« 
neage  of  Philofifhy  and  that  of  Foitry  \  ^as 
'  derived  from  their  r9?0  chief  Founders,  or  ^ 
Patriarchs  V  in  whofe  Loins  the  (everal  Races 
layi  as  it  were  enclosed*  For  as  tb€  ^fMd 
foitick  SiRB  was,  by  the  confent  of  an 
Antiquity,  allowM  to  have  fiirniib'd  Snb^  • 
jeft  both  to  the  rr^^iVl,  the  camkk^  and  e« 
ytcj  other  kind  of  genuine  Poetry  •^b  th$ 
fhilofifhicai  P ATiL X  A  R  c  H,  in  the  ikme sian* 
ner,  cont^ng  within  himlelf  the  feveral 
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i^^y^thof?  fev^ral  Mannerjin-wMf^  that  Sdence 

_,  Wasdeli7er*<L|)   :-j_.r.  ,*•  .,.,,.  »/■,■•''■  '•'•' 

7, Jlis  Difdpie-;©^  noble  Birth  <a4  loffcy 

.     ,  _  .dp,niu8i..who.aIpir*d  to  Ppctryand  Rhcto-. 

^ick,  took  the  fitbtim  part,  and  flione  a- 

))07e,Ius  other ,p>ndifciplev   He  of  meaa 

jBirtb,.  andpopreft  Circnmftanoes,  wbofe 

,   .ippQ^totion  as  yrJeil  as  Condition  incUn'<^ 

Jiip'.fliioft:  to.jtbe  Jstyritk  way,  took  the, 

jreprpving  P9it„  vwhich  in  bb,  better  Ymi- 

;    jai}oor*4  and  mpf e  agreeable  Saobeflbr j  tnrn^ 

Into  the  c«ifi*cil  kind,  and  went  upon  .the 

A(odel  of  that  antient  Comedy  which  was 

ifben.  prevailing.;  -  Bat  another  i}oble  PiC; 

■dple,!  whofe  Genins  was  towards  Adion, 

.    and,,  who  pcovVt  afterwards  the  greatpjl 

:    Hero  of  his  time,  took  ^gmttltr  Vxtti 

9ad',  fifttr  Manner..    He>  joined  what  Was 

dieepeft  and  moft  (olid  in  Philofophy  with 

Wiiat-  was  eafieft-  and   moft  v  refin*d  in 

Breeding,  and  ia  the  <jharaderand  Mahnier 

fif-AQentleman; '  KothlngooaMbe'remoter 

.  :thain  his  GenioslwaSj  from  the  ichblaSick, 

.     .       jthe  rhetorical,  or: jmerepoetidt  Kind^    He 

'^atas'diltant  on  6ne  hand,  from:  the  ibno'' 

'i!ons,rhigh,  and.'pompQns  Strain,  as  on  the 

«theif  hand,  from)  the  .ladicrons,''tnimi^l, 

or-iatyridr.'v;V.i'^»;  3  •:«.■:•::■  ■J•'•p^•■^^i■v^^; 

1    r*  ••  3*  ■•   ■''*  V^  *■  f*^ • '' .  •'  "'  '  .'••*»'  •  •'i*'^  i*r*:r  ••••?'  ■ 

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AN  Author^    *  99:^ 

!  This  was  that  jaataral  find  JmfU  Genius  Scft.  V  -. 
of  Antiquity,  comprehended  by.fo  few,  arid  ^^?C>f. 
To  little  reliOiM  by. the  V^gar. ,  This.'waV' 
-that  pbilofophical ,.  M  is  n  a  k  D;E  &  of  earlie^^ 
Time,  whofc  Works  one;caay  wonder^ to  j 
fee  prcfcrvM  from  the  fime  [  Fate :  fince '  iir^ 
the  darker  Ages  thro  which  they  pafsVJi,^ 

ithey  cQuM  not  but  be  aUkc  negleacd,*PA.^ 
the  account  of.  their  like  Simplicity  of  Stite,^^ 
and  Compofition.  ..  .    v  VVT         ' 

.   There  is, .  bcfides  the  {e^ixxd},  MMiners  ot 

T  Writing  above  defcrib'd,  another  of  conC-* 
derable  Authority  and  Weight,  .which  hs^i  ^ 
its  Rife  chiefly  from  the  critical  Art  it  f<^lf,,. 
and  from  the  more  accurate  Infpedion  irito^ 

..the  Works,  of  preceding  Matters.  jThc\. 
grand  Critick,  of  .whom  we  liaye  alreaidyk'       ^ 

.fpoken,  was^  aChief  and  Leader  in  this  0^;% 

,dcr  of  Penmen.  For  tho  the  So  phis  t^  o^ 
elder  time  bad  treated  many  Sabjeds  nuthodi^l     ^ 

.  callyy  and.  in  tfrm  \  yet  he  was  the  ^rft  wbpf 
gain'd  Repute  in  the  i»<^ib^Vil  Kind. .' As' 
the  Talent  of  this  great  Man  was  more  ti>^    . 
wards  polite  Learning,  and  the  Arts,  than 
towards  the  deep  and  folidpatts  of  Philq*.  -"r 

.  fophy,  it  happen^  that  in  his  School  thecs 
was  more  care  taken  of  other  Sciences,  tbaa 
of  Eihich^  Dfdlill^  or  JCi^^iV*  -^  v^hich  Pro-/ 
vihces  were  chiefly  cultivated  by,  t^ieSuc^-  '  . 

ceflforsof  the  Academy  and  Porch. ./ 


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Pztt  lir,  [  it  Kis  beea  obfcrv^d  of  thi$  nuib^iicktx 
^^''^^''^jcbolhpck  'MahhcTt  that  it  naturally  befitted  i 
an  Authbt)  who,  tho  endowed  mtli  ft  com<*^ 
pi^diwuiive  s(nd  ftrong  Genios,  was  not  in' 
hiiifelf  of  a  rcfitfd  Temper,  blefs'd  by  the ; 
'  Critf^s^  Or  faivoar^d  by  any  Mufi }  one  who  • 

w^s  Hot  ofafraitfal  Imagination!  batrather: 
di%  and  rigid  >  yet  withal  acate  and  piercing, ;  * 
aeciirateand  diftind.    For  the  chief  Nenre 
a^d  Sinew  of  this  Stile  conlifts  in  the  dear": 
bmlTon  and  Partition  of  the  Sabje&s;    Tho 
t^er^  is  nothing  exaking  in  the  Manner,  'tis^ 
n^iljrally  po\(7erfbl  and  canmumMngi  and: 
mbrt  than  any  other,  fubdues  the  Mind, 
and./lrengthens  its  Determinations.     Tis' 
ftobi  this  Genius  that  firm  Conclufions,  and 
t       ftfeddy  .Maxima  zxt  beft  formed :  which  if 
loildly  built,  and  on  fure  ground,  are  the' 
Ibprtelb  and  belt  Guides  towards  Wifdom,' 
and  Ability,; in  every  kind  \  but  if  defec*- 
tive,  qr  unfound,  in  the  leafl;  part^  muil:  of 
ttceSSity  lead  us  tothegroileft  Abfurditys, 
and  ftifieft  Pedantry  and  Conceit. 
']  Now  tho  every  other  Stile  and  genuine: 
ftianner  of  Comppfitionhas  its  Order,  and 
Method,  as  well  as  this  which;  in  a  peculiar 
fenie,  we  call  thiMtthodkl  \  yet  it  is  this 
*    Manner  alone  which  profefles  Method,  dil« 
'  ^  Jeds  it  ielf  in  ijarts,  and  makes,  aiit  were, 
its  own  Ana'toiofy.    Tba  SvBUm  can  iio  way 
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condefcead  thos^  or  bear  to  be  fafpended  in  Seft.  i:^ 
its  impetuous  Gourfe«    7l#  Cmict^  or  iDei  Vj^V^* 
rifory  Manner,' is  further  ftiU  from  xnaldng 
Ihcw  of  Meth^.    Tis  th^n/if  ever,  thit 
it  gives  it  fdf  this  high  Air,  mrhen  its  Def  . 

fignJs  to  expoft  the  Manner  it  felf,  aiid  \ 
ridicule  the  Formality  and  Sophiftry lib 
often  Ihelter'd  beneath  it/ ,  tbijmpu  Man-' 
ner,  which  being  the  ftrifteft  Imitation  of 
Nature,  IhouM  of  right  be  the  compleatefl:; 
in  the  Diftribution  of  its  Parts,  and  sym^i 
metry  of  its  Whole,  is  yet  ib  fiir  from  mi« 
Idng  any  oftentation  of  Method,,  that  it 
conceals  theAttifice  as  much  as  poflSble:  . 
endeavouring  only  to  exprels  the  efieft  of 
Art,  under  the  appearance  of  the  grea« 
teft  Eafe  and  Negligence.  And  even  whett 
it  afTumes  the  cenfuring  or  reproving  parti  \ 

it  does  it  in  the  moft  concealed  and  gentle 
way.' '  '    ■.•'"•'      '^  :. ,  • .  ;  •  • '  .  • 

The  Authors  indeed  of  our  Age  are 
as  little  capable  of  receiving,  as  of  giving 
Advice,  in  fuch  a  way  as  this :  So  little  is  the 
general  Palat.ferm'd,  as  yet,  toaTafte  of 
real  Simplicity*  AsforrireSoBLiMB^ 
tho  it  be  often  the  Subjed:  of  Critidfm ; 
it  can  never  be  the  Manner,  or  afibrd  the 
Means.  The  Way  of  Farm  and  Method^ 
the  WuUffidl  or  pr^r^pnt/f  Manner,  as  it  has 
bpenufuallyptaftb'damongftAs,  andasour  | 

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ioH  'Advice  to 

Pajrfn^  Eaft  hayebaa  loilg  accuftom'd,  has  fo  littlo 

^^'^'"^'^Foice  towards*  the  winning  our  Attcntionf,^ 

(hatMt  is  apter  to  tire  us,  than  the  Metre 

of  !an.  old  BaUad*  •  We '  no  ^  fooner  hear  the ' 

them  propoonded,  theSubjeft  divided'and 

fiibdivided  X  with  frjt  ifihifrfii '  aiid  fo' 

fiirth,  !as  O;'^^  requires)  but  inftantly  wtf 

\       begin  a  Strife  i/?ith  KaCatt,- which  otherwife' 

^  koa'd  furpi^izeTus  in  the  ibft  Fetters  of 

$&ep }  to  the  great  Difgracc  of  the  Otatoi^ 

and^Scandai-of 'the  Audiedcel'    The-bnly 

'  Manner  left;  in  iwhich  Criticifm  ean :  have 

iJSs  ^juft  Forcie^^axnongfl:  ns,  is  the  amfeni 

Ccir^  1 0  K  V  of  J  which  kind  ^  were'  the  firft 

*        ^wjf/f'.MifccUinys,.  or  Sktyrkk  Pieces:   a- 

fQrt  of  original Writirig  of  their;  own,  rcfr 

jpaU  afterwards  by  the  bcft  GeniuSi-  and 

jftUteft  Poet,of  that  Kation  i  who,  not-' 

.  Vithftandin(g^„  owns  the  Manner  to-^iiaw 

been  taken  from  the  Greek  Comedy  above^ 

nentionM. ;  i  Amt  if  our  faome^Wits  wdu'd 

refine  upon. this  Pattern  v  they  might per^^ 

b^psffcetwith  cbhCdcrable  Succefs.     ' -V  ^ 

/    >  In  cflfefl:,  wc  may  obferve,  that -inTout 

^wn  I^ationii  the  riiolt  faocefeful  Ctiticifmi, 

or.  Method:  of :  Refutation, .  is » that  which 

larders  mofl;  on theManner  of  the  eaflieft 

j7wl  Comedy.    ThehigJdyVatedburttfqbe 

j^oem,- written  on  v  the  Subjcft  of  bur  Reli- 

^iops.  Cotttfonrerfys  in  the  M Ag^^ 'i^  ^^^^ 


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fidcnt  Token  of  this  kindi  •AndftaffdftiY.Sd^^^ 
admired  Piece 'of  Comick  Wit,  givea  us^-f/^ 
fome  time  after,  by  an.  Author  of  the  hig^-*^ 
eIttluaUty,^harfarmlifd^^ 

all  their  Gontroverfys,  even  in  Religion  and*  ^ 

Politicks,  as^well  as  in  the  Aiiairs  of  Wit 
and  Learning,  with  the  moft  efiednal  and  '    ^ 

entertaining:  Method  of  riexpoGng  JPol^ 
Pedantry,  ^  falft  Reafon,.  and  ill  Writing. 
And  withpat  ^mefttch  toleiiated  manner^oj^^ 
Criticifm  as  this,  how  grpfly  we  might  haVA  i 

been  imposed  on,  and  Ihoi^'tf  continue  tof  be^  | 

for  the  future,  >y  many,  rPjeces  of  dogmst^I  *  i 

tical  Rhet^ric^r.and.peda^^^  may) 

^fily  be  apprehended  by.thofe  who  knowc 
any  thing  p(  the.  State  ,of  Letters  in  our i 
Kation,  or  arein  the  l^ft  fitted  to  judgof. 
the  Manner,  of  the  common  P^rr/,  or  fbtaal 
jtf/y^W/of  th^tTimes.   :  I.l  .^  \r'>  T^  .   \ 

vln^whatri^orm,  or  Manner  :roeTer,.C^^^^  | 

cifin  may  appear.amonglt us,  or  Ceiti^k.s^      ^  ■  \ 

chttfe  to iCxert  their  Taleiitj.  it  can  W- i      ^      . 
come  none  bejSdes  the  grofly:  fuperftitioui^^      ^ 
or.  ignorant,  tt>*be  alanrfd  ?t  this  5^/w>- 
Eorif  itbeili:managM,  andwithoutWitj-      ,     '  \ 

ipwIU  be  defixoyM  byibmethingwittierfa^  ; 

the^kind:  If  it  .be  witty  it  felf,  it  mult  of- 
neceflity  advance  Wit.  ^And  thus  from  the^ 
coxifiderationit)frantient  as  weU  as  modern  V  | 

Jime,  it  appears  that  theCsi/^  mihtit'efi"  | 

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.■  •    -il!,L'i  vf. I  •/>•.■.•( Jtj I/,  r  ;■.     1  ,-v  ■'.;,?.;:    -..Ki?.. 

m  in;-.  :,  .,  .  .■>  t.-  •    . .  >  -•  s  ,V,  "'    '  '•! 

;•        ■      ■  -one  ,ir  "'J-; -. '!  nj  rov    ■-•     ;.•••• -*'i  .■"■■.-/-•••  f'*. 

i  -  ^fiUS  we  have  fomy'dthfe  State  of 

4^-tjtfitfJW^,' aS  tbey  ari  iiifidea^d  from 

without ;  either  by  the  Ftdwni'or  Favonr 

j  <>f#^*^r#<*,  tfrSytheAppIaafc  orCenfm^^ 

i    ,  /  ^   >       Pfitt"a»r/c«/7'ltmnaiiisdiay«6c6nfider^ 

I  *    ,       iwwthe  P  BO  ttk,  or  iT^rM,' mgencnd, 

f  ftaod  dfie{ledtOT(rai-dsoar''iDddd1>^Peomenv 

;  and  what  occifion:tijcfe  Advdiitorcrt  may 

j  h^ve  of  Compfaint,  or  Boail,  tr^m  their 

I  Bncobnter With  tJjcPoi'ii felt; -.^         ■<• 

f  ,"         -  There  is  nothing  iaorecertiiij,;thata  that 

a  reai  &«»f>/,  and  thorow  ji!6t>^,  inwhair 

ever^ltiad,  can  luif^rbtit  with  the  greatifb^ 

Uawiilingneiiand'^hame  be  indii<^d  to.a^i 

bcIoW;  his  Charaacr^and-for  mere  Iaterefl;*iJ 

■      '^      ^^.btprcrtA\m.mth;  to  ij^rqftitut^  hi*' 

jitfot  Sciena,  by  performing  ctjntfary'  to' 

»J  itajownRiileik- Whoever  has  hear<iany:^ 

tfciiig^of  theilira  of ;  fifflodtL&4»*yjr;) 

AmBjttflr,  ■  qt  :pdHrerjtr  will.  caD  to  - iriiadJ 

m^y-Inftance$:«f.this  itttare^iOr  whttc 

«?iet^b«$  mad^.,«nyr'acqoaintancc;;wi0,  the'' 

hf^ter  fojrf  9^,Mt^fM$fhi  ^fodi^as  aire Veaf 

?-^'' ''  .     '      '  .  :.i     '  Rovers 


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31 »  A'n^Bok.  ioj 

Lovers  of  theit'  Art;  aod  M4trt  ia  it^  i/eB^ii 
muft  have  obferv'd  their  natural  Fidelity  in  ^>'V\J> 
this  refped.  ^  they  ever  ib  idle,  diflb-: 
loteror  debaadi'd^How  regardlefs  (bever 
of  other  Roles;  they  abhor  any  Tranf* 
greflion  in  tbtirjirt,  and  woa'd  chafe  to 
lole  Goftomers  and  ftarve,  rather  than  by 
a  bafe Compliance  with  ri#  W OK x.i>>td 
ad  contrary  to  what  they  call  tlteytifitufi 
tadTnitlirfWtrit     ' 

**  Sir,  (lays  a  poor  Fellow  of  this  kind, 
to  his  rich  (Mbmer)  **  You  are  miftaken 
**  in  coming  to  me,  for  fuch  a  piece  of. 
•*  Work.  Let  whb  win  make  it  for  yoo, 
•*  I  know.it  to  bi^m^.  Whatever  I  have 
*•  made  hitherto,  has  been  mi«)r«rl.  And 
•*  neither  for  your  lake  or  any  body's  elfe; 
♦*  Ihall  I  pat  my  Hand  to  any  other.* 

This  is  Virtue!  r««/  f^rrxf,  s^  Love  of 
tfuti  i  independent  of  Oflnlmr  and  abovc( 
li)^  World.  X^is  I^i|K>lition  transfer'<lt 
to  tlie  whole  of  i»/f,  pofeds  aCharader; 
and  makes  that  tri^iy  and  WmhyiMa/Ai  the 
LearnM  are  at  fuch  a  lofi  ibmetiines  to  et- 
plaifl.  For  is  there  not  »  JVorknuitfiif  and 
^  Truth  in  Actions?  Or  is  the  Wtri: 
pumjbif  of  tiiis  kind  IcTs  l)ecoming,  or  le^ 
lirdrth  our  notice;  tliat  we  flipa'd.not  itf 
**i8  Ctfe^be  asrorly'at  leaft  a$  the  hoiiefl: 
^?**»?>?»o  ft4»liP  Pthe'r  l*iW^rtAy,  than' 


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PirtJIi  what  NiUwi.  and  his  Tr^fo  hat  taoeht-. 

•^^'^Whim?  -  -/,;  ■*  •.•;;•■••  •;. 

•   Wheaone  confiders  this  Zeal  and  Ho-' 
n^.  of  infcriour  Artil^s,  one  woa'd  von-  ., 
der,  to  fee  thofe  who  pretend  to  Skill  and , 
Science  iii.a  higher  kind,  J»ave  To  little  re*,' 
gard  to. Tr«tb  and.  the  lirfelUm  of  their  Art., 
Pne  wott*d  expea  it  of  KmWrltert^  that  if 
they  had  xp^  Ability  and  SkiD,  .they  (boQ*d^ 
,   •        ^tvft  the  W 6%tn  tx>  them-y  andnotlbtfr 
themftlvet  x»  r;b«  Wokld,  in  its.  weak 
•  State.    We  may  jufbly  indeed  make  Allow- 
ances for  the,  fimplidly  of  thofe  early  <?«» 
riuft  ofpra  Nation,  who  after  ,fo.  many 
barbarous  Ages,  when  Letters  lay  yet  in' 
their  Rubs,,  made  bold  :£xcurIion$  into  a:; 
vacant  Field,  to  faze  the  Poft?  of  Honour,' 
.    ^  .  and  attain,  the  Stations  whichwere  yetfOn>J 
*    ppfTcfs'cl  6y  the  Wits  of  their  own  Couatry. 
But  IJnce  th^Ageirnow  fo  far  advanc^df 
Learning  eftablilh'd  i  the  Rules;  of  .Writing- . 
itatied ;  and  the  Truth  of  Art  fo  Welli^p-t 
prchcndcdjvand  every  where  confefs'd  afld: 
^     own^  v^*i*is  ftrange  M  ,fee  om  IVrifirA  z^ . 
qiiQiapen  ftiU  and  monftroos  in  their  Wprkv . 
as  heretofore. '  There  f  an^  l^^ttothing  pipre^ 
.    ridicglous  than  to  .hejr-^ur  PobT;1j,  .ia. 
their  M/^iif'/t  tal)^  of.  Art  and  Strofturev- 
whiift  in,  th^^r  P/rrw  they  perform  ?k:411  ftsr 
miv  aji4  w^      Uttlc/regard  to  thofe  jiro* 
fm'd!  i{ft/>/^^/ jirt,  as  the  boneIt:BA.RDt,. 


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their  PrcdecelTors,  who  had  hekrf'of 'iM>^5^ 
fuch  J?»/«,  or  at  leaft  had  never  owtfd  their 

Jaftice  or  Validity.  ^    ^         ? 

-  Had  the  early.  Poets  of  G itn b c e  thus 
<tomplimcnted  their  Nation, -by  coinply'^^S 
with  its  firft  Relilh  and  Appetite  -,  they  had 
not  done  their  Countrymen  fuch  Service, 
nor  ■  themfelves  fuch  Honour  as  we  find  they 
did,  by  conforming  to  Trdth  and  Natnrc. 
'The'  generous  Spirits  who  firft;eflay*d  the 
Way,  had  not  always  flwr  W o»  t  d  on  thcif 
lide :  but  foon  drew  after  'em  tbt  befi  judg- 
ments 5  and  Ibon  afterwards  ite  W  o  r  i  ©  it  .  ' .-  • 
felf.  They  f6rc*d  their  Way  into  it,  and. 
by  weight  of  Merit  turn*d'its  Judgment  ion 
their  fide.  They  form*d  Aeir  Audience  ^ 
polifliM  the  Age  i' refinM  the  publick  Eat;  " 

and  fram*d    it   rightj' that:  in  return.       '.  \ 

they  might  be  rightly  and  laftinglyapplaw.,      ,       ,  j 

ded<    Norw^e  they  di&ppointed  in  their  •  > 

Hope;    TheApplaufefoon  came,  and. was 
laftingi  for  it  was  found.    They  have: Jttr,  j 

ftice  do^e  them  at  this  day.'  They  have  ) 

furviv'd  their  Natidn  •,  and  live,  ^o  in-  a . 
dead  Language.-  The  more'-the  Age  b  en- 
lightenM,  thd  more   they  ihine.     Their  . 

Fame  muft  laft  as  long  as  Letters  \  and  Po^ 
teritTT  win  ever  oiwnthdr Merit.  "     ;  Vi 

-sOur  modern  Authors,  on  the  contrary, 
are  tarn'd'andmoderd  (as  tbemiUves  coa- 

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gjjn^fcfs)  by  the  publick  RcUfli,  and  <»rr«afc 
^^^^^^'Bimoiir  of  the  Times.     They,  regulate^ 
.    themielves  by  the  irregobr  Fancy  of  tbe^ 
Wor)d;  and  frankly  own  they  are  pre^j 
poUerons  and  abfurd,  in  order  to  accomra 
tnodate  themfelves  to  the  Genios  of  tihr> 
Age.    In  our  Days  the  jiudfenct  t»akts  thr^: 
F$Hy  and  thi  Bopkfeier  the  Author;  m^^ 
.  what  Profit  to  tbt  PuUiei^  or  what  Propped 
of  lafting  Fame  and  Hofloar  to  tbeJVirkir^ 
let  any  one  who.  has  Judgment  imagaie»    ; 
•   But  tho  our  Writers  charge  their  Faults 
thus  freely  on  r&t  Fobxick;  it  will,  I 
doubt,  appear  from  many  Inftances,  tibat 
this  Praftice  is  ;but  mere  Impoftnre :  Since 
thofe  Abiuiditys,  which  they  are  the  apteft 
to  commit,  art  frr  from  being  delightfril  or ' 
entertaining.: .  We  are  g)ad  to  takeup  with 
vrhat  ourLangoage  canafibrd  us;  andby a 
ibrt  of  EmuUtien  with  other  Kations,  are 
^rc*d  to  cry  iup  fuch  Writers  of  our/owa  -, 
as  may  beft  ftrre  us  for  Gomparifon*  -  .Bnt ' 
if^hen  we  are  put  of  thisrSplritj;  it  muft  be  1 
own'd^  we  are  not  api;  to  di.fcover;any  great  ^ 
Fondnels  or  Admiradpn>  qf  :Our  Authors*  i 
kor  have  we ,  ai(y  whom  by  motual  Gonfent  t 
%e.inake:to.l)e,onr  Stsnidtd^    We  go. to: 
rUys^  as  to.otbirr  SZ^MT/y  andfrequentithe 
^Tlieater^  af  rthe  Booth,  a  We  read  Efkh^^ 
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For  wemnftneedsknovlrwhat^/aswellas  ^^^  j 

what&W^isftirring-    Read  wcmufti  let  ^-^^^^^^ 
Writers  be  erer  fo  indiffirent.    And  this 
.  perhaps  may  be  fome  oocafion  of  the  Lad«* 
ners  and  Negligence  of  oar  Aathors;  who. 
obferving  thisNeccffity,  which  our  Cario-'  \ 

iity  brings  on  ns,  and  making  an  exad  Cal- 
cttlation  in  the  way  of  Trade^  to  know  juftly  ^ 
thie  Qpality  and  (^antity  of  the  publidL  De- 
mand, feed  us  thus  from  hand  to  month  ^  re*'  • 
(blving  not  to  bver-ftock  the  Market,  or 
be  at  the  pains  of  more  Corrc&nefi  or  Wit 
than  is  abfolntely  neceflary  to  carry  on  the^ 
Traffick. 

Our  Satyr  therefore  is  icnrriioas,  baf- 
fooning,  and  without  Morals  or  Inftmftion  i' 
which  is  the  Majefty  and  Life  of  this  kind    * 
of  writing. '  Onr  Eh  co  uiu  u  or  Pan  a.;' 
oY&icK  is  as  fblibm  and  difplealing;  by  « 

its  proftitnte  and  abandoned  manner  of 
Praife.  The  worthy  Perlbns  who  are  the 
Sabjeds  of  it,  may  well  be  efteemM  Safier^ 
by  the  Manner.  And  the  Publick,  whether 
it  will  or  no,is  forfd  to  make  untoward. 
Refledions,  when  led  to  it  by  fuch  Sstyri" 
'zMtgPanegyrifis.  For  in  r^ty  the  Kenre>. 
and  Sinew  of  modern  PMegyrich  lies. in  al  ' 
dull  kind  of  Satyr  i  which  the  Author,  i(V 
tme,  intends  (hou'd  turn  to  the  Advantage 
of  his  Sttbjeft }  but  which,  'if  1  miftake  not,^ 
will  appear  to  have  a  very  contrary  Efied. 

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H>^?C?^tek^^^^  they  wooM  commend  either  a 

BrHhn^AuiiiQr^  zWit^  ^Hctp^  sl Philofifbtrf 
w  ZyStatifrnMy  is  to  look  abroad  to  find, 
within  the  narrow  compafs  of  their  Liearn-^^ 
ingy  fbme  eminent  Kames  of  Perfons^  who. 
ufwer'd  to  thele  Charafters  in  a  former, 
itime.     Thefe.  they  are  fore  to  hfltwith 
ibme  (harp  ftroke  of  Satyr.    And  when  they, 
£ave  ftripM  thele  reverend  Perfonages  of  alL 
their  (hare  of  Merit,  they  think  to  clothe 
their  Hero  with  the  Spoils.    Such  is  the  Ste- 
riUty  of  theie  EncnnUfit !    They  know  not> 
'how  to  praife,  bat  by  Detradion*    If  ^a 
F^r^One  is  to  be  celebrated,  H  b  l  b  n  mufl: 
in  ciomparifon  be  defbrm'd  \ .  V.  b  m  a  s  Jierfelf 
At^AicA.    Tbat^-Wi^i/mimaybehonQur'dy 
ibmeyb^W,  malt  be  iacrific^d.    If  4  ^Tpt$, 
fs  to  be  extpirdi  downwithaB[oMfiji.or^ 
^  .  a.  PiKDAR.'    if  an  Orat^yOV  ^Fhifofofker^ 

down   with   Dbmosthbnb'S|..  TuLLt,: 
P  ik  T  o.    If  4f  petiird  of  .cur  Army;^  down . 
with  any  Siao  whatever  of , Time.pafl;.; 
'  *f  The  ■  Homimt  knew  no  Difcipline. :  Thej 
■^[  XSmiMi  never  learnt  the  Art  of  War.^^ ,  , 
*^Werc  there    m  An  if  Writing  to  be' 
ibrmMo];)on  the  modern  Pra^icc  s  this  Me* 
tl^od '  we  have ,  defcrib'd  might  perhaps  ;,be^ 
'tfirdV*f  Ruli  of  JOiffMtch^  or  sh 
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Other  Weapon  than  their  fingle  Quk^  may .  Sed;  $. 
'  lilcnce  ^  all  other  Fame,  and  place  thcit*^^'^'^ 
<  Hero  in  the-  vacant  Throne  of  Hdnoor*    I  , 

' woa'd  wiQingiy  however  advife  'thefe  dU* 
hrstars to  \kz  little  more  moderate. in  the 
uie  of  this  Club-methoi.  Kot  that  I  pre- 
tend to  ask  Quarter  i  for  ribf^^i^nr/.  Bnt 
>  for  the  fake  merely  of  thole  McJUms^  whom 
oar  Panegyrifts  undertake  to  praife;  I  wou'd 
wi(h  'em  to  be  a  little  cautious  of  compa- 
ring Charaders«  There  is  no  need  to  call 
npa  PoBLicoLA)  oraScxpiO)  anARt* 
sTiDBS,  or  a  CATO9  to  ierveas  Foils. 
Thefe  were  Patriots  and  good  Generals  in 
their  time,  and  did  their  Country  honeft 
Service.  . No. ofience  to  any  wboat pfefent 
rdo  the  fame.  The .'Fabkicios's,  the 
-JEm;Ilxus's,  theCiifciNNATtJsV  (poor 
Men ! )  may  be  fufftrM  tqrelt  quietly :  or  if 
V  their  Ghofts  fhou'd,-  by  this  unlucky:  kind  of 
'  fiochantment,  be  rais'd  in  Mockery  and 
Contempt }  they  may  perhaps  .prove  trou- 
biefom  in' earneft,  and  caft  fdch  Refle&ions 
on' our  P4iy#^//^y,  Jand  their  mtfi/mi  P4rrMr/^  * 
as  may  be  no  way:  for  the  advantage  ofei* 
thcr./The  welWefcrving  Antients^ill  havf 
always  a  ftrong  Party  among  the  Wife,  and 
Learned  of  every  Age>.:  Ai^  the  .Memory 
of  foreign  Worthys,b  as  well  zi  thoft  of  out  ^ 
'own:19atioiD,TwiU  jf7ich  Qratitdde?  be/cbe^ 
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iartfl.  riih'dby  the  nobler  Spirits  of  Mankiad.  The 
U'VXJintereftof  »fe*  DeMd  is  not  fo  difregardcdi" 
]  batthat in caie of  violence otEn'd *em,  tbro 

/  partiality  to  tbt  Uvi/ig,  there  are  Haods 

ready  prepar*d  tq  make  fuffident  Reprifals. 
• .  Twas  in  times  when  Flattery  grew  moch 
in  fefliion,  that  the  Title  of  P^wpirjri  wal 
apptopriated  to'foch Pieces  as  conuin'd  on- 
ly a  profbfe  and  unlimited. Praife  of  fome 
fioglePeribn.  The  antient7«»4rg;yrvtfJb  were 
soother  than  merely  inch ^n'fMr^/,  as  Au- 
thors of  every  kind  redted  at  the  (blemn 
AflemUys  of  the  People.  They  were  the 
Bxerdfesof  the  Wits,  and  Menof  Letten, 
who  as  well  as  the  Men  of  bodily  Dexterity 
bore  thdr  part  at  the  Olymfiek,  aud  .other 
national  and  f4»^2;^jl  Games.- 
.  The  Bkitish  Oblation,  tho  they  have 
nothing  of  this  kind  ordain*d  or  eftabliih*d 
by  .'their  Laws,  are  yet  by  t^tnre  won-* 
derfoUy  iodln'd  to  the  fksot  jMe^iek 
■  '  Bxerdfes.  At  their  iF4»r/,'' andrdaring  the 
time  oi  paHixck  FefiivMff  they*. perform 
linax  nicOl^nfiekst  and  flunv  aaAdivity, 
and  Addrefi,  beyond  any  other  modern  Feo- 
IJle  whatever:  Their  TruUt'  of  Ska,  itfs 
true,  itc  •whoHY  of  th»  Sodyi  mA9f  tbi 
Stmh.  Kof  is  it  to  be  wondered  aitj  'if  being 
lefr^to  theinfelves,  and  no )  way  afllfted  by 
theLawsor  Magiftrate^  thetr.bodilyJSacer- 
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AN  Aqthok.  "3  1 

cifcs  retain  ibmething  of  the  Bmharifn  Pw-'^^^ 
radcr,  and  ihtfw  their  Manners  to  hold  more  /  V  v 
of  RoMB  than.GuBBCB.  Thb  GUduf 
rmVof,  and  other  Ikngainary  Sports,  which 
we  allow  oor  People,  fiiffidently  di(cov<^ 
whatoorlfotionidTaflie  is.,  And  iH^SMt'' 
ingt  and  SUu^bttr  of  fb  many  Ibrts  of  Grea- 
tores,  tame  a^  weU  as  wild,  for  Direrfion 
merely,  may  witnefs  the  e:(traordinary.  In- 
dination  we  have  fot  AmfhitbtMric^d^iBtfi' 
tits.  •      .      •  <  ■     •  •        ■  .'.  >'-\ 

I  know  not  whether  it  be  from  this  killing  *  /      / 

Difpofition  remarked  In  qsj  that  oor  SMtprifis        , ,  ^ 

prove  fach  very  Slaaghter-men }  and  even  v' 

Our  PMitgyricl  Authors,  or  EMmUfi*,  dt'  ^■^■.,^  ■  ■  \ 

light  fo  much  in  the  difpatchiag  Method-V'     :^ 
above  defcrib'd :  Bat  fare  I  am,  rfat  our        •  ) 

i>r4»Mr«Vi  Poets  ftand  violently  afieded  this  ^   ^  { 

way  ;  and  delight  to  make /£(v»rl  and  X>«-  '    / 

ftruaim  of  every  kind.  \  j 

.   *Tis  alledg'd  indeed  by  oor  Stage-Poets, 
in  excufe  for  vile  Ribaldry  and  pther  grofs  ' 

.Irregalaritys,  both  in  the  flable  and  Lan*  } 

guage  of  their  Pieces ',  that  thejir  Soocefs, 
which  depends  chiefly  on  theLadys,  is  never  \ 

fo  fortunate,  as  when  thi$\^««etfil  is  n»de 
onVirtue^ndgoodSenfe,  and  their  Pieces  i 

ate  exhibited  publickty  in  this  monftrons  / 

Form.   I  know  not  bow  they  can  anfwer  it  1 

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'?4l  ApVJpg  TO    t. 

r  ^llJJfii  txfirimrntally^  and  with  fach  nice  Diftinaion; 
^'^^Cy  of  their,  Audience.  .How  far.  this, ^Excufe. 
xn?y  f^vQ  ^em  in  delation  to  Common  Amourl 
^  ^f^i  Lm-Mventu^^^^  take  uppa 

^^^p:jpifpnouncc.[  But  I  muft  own,  I  haveN 
often  wonder'd  to  fee  our  /^i/»»f  Plays  bc- 
j  ^^^^j^  much  tlie. Entertainment  of  that, 

tender,  $«.     .  ^ '  .  .• 

Jhey  who  have  no  Help  from  Learning 
to  obierye  the  wider  Periods,  or  Revolutions, 
of  Human  Kind/ the  Alterations  which, 
happen  in  Manners,  and  the  Flux  and  Re- 
|;  ;  /  flux  of  Politcnefs,  Wit,  and  Art  j  are  apt 

at  pycry  turn  to  make  the  prefent  Age 
their  Standard,  and  imagine  nothing  barba-, 
rousor  favage^  but  what  is  contrary  to  the. 
Manners  of  their  own  Time.  The  fame 
QCTtlemen,  had  they  flourifli'd  iii  our  B r  i* 
V  TJi  I N  at  the  time  when  C  jb  s  a  r  made  his 
firft  Dcfccnt,  wouM  have  condemned,  as  a 
ylnmfitjd  Critick^  the  Man  who  fliou'd  have: 
I  /  _v'  ^^f  en  fo  bold  as  to  cenfure  our  Deficiency  of 
^^  Clothing,  and  laugh  at  the  blue  Cheeks  and 

|:  par ty-coiour'd  Skins  which  were   then   iii. 

fafliion  with  our  Anceftors.    Such  muft  be, 
the  judjgment  of  thofe  who  are  only  Crincks  - 
I  byfajhion.    But  to  a  jixtt  Naturalifi  or  Hu^ 

I  ■  mavifi^  who  knows  the  Creature  Man,  and 

ij  )udg^s6f  his  Growth  and  Imprpvement  ia< 

f'  Society,,  it  appears  evidently  that  we  Sri^i 


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tifiMm  were  as  barbarous  and  tindvilii'd  Sgj3? 
inrcfped  of  the  kpmans  uAdcr  a  C&%kt^^^fy^ 
as  the  Romans  thcmfclvcs  were  in  rcfpeft  of 
th^  Grecians^  when  they  invaded  that  13a« 
tionundera  Mummius. 

The  noble  Wits  of  a  Coart-Edacation^ 
who  can  gd  no  fiirtherback  into  Antiquity 
than  their  Pedegtee  can  carry  'em,  are  able 
however  to  call,  to  mind  the  different  State 
of  Manners  in  Tome  few  Reigns  paft,  whea 
Chivalry  was  in  fuch  repute.  The  Ladys 
were  then  Speftators  not  only  of  feign'd 
Combats  and  martial  Exerciies,  but  of  real 
Duels  and  bloody  Feats  of  Arms.  They 
fat  as  Umpires  and  Judges  of  the  doughty 
Frays.  Thefc  were  the  Saint-Protcdrice^, 
to  whom  the  Champions  chiefly  paid  their 
Vows,  and  to  whom  they  recommended 
themfelves  by  thefe  galante  Quarrels,  and 
elegant  Decifions^of  Right  and  Juftice.  * 
Kor  is  this  Spirit^'fo  intirely  loft  amongft  • 
us,  but  that  even  at  this  hour  the  Fair  ScK 
infpire  us  ftill  with  the  Fancy  of  like  Gal« 
lantrys.  They  are  the  chief  Subjeft  of 
many  {bch  civil  Turmoils,  and  remain  ftill 
the  fecret  influencing  Conftellation  by  which  ^  ,^ 
we  are  mov'd  to  give  and  ask  that  Satif' 
fa^ion^  which  is  peculiar  to  the  Jfw  Gentle*  ' 

man  of  the  Age.    For  thus  a  certain  GaUnte        *  . 
of  our  Court  exprefsM  the  Cafe  very  natn- 


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i^^t^tC  raBjr,  when^beiflgasVdbybisFriendi,  why 
^'^^^'^'^  one  of  his  cftabU&M  Charaiaet  for  Courage 
and  good  Senfe,  won'd  anfwer  the  Chal- 
lenge of  a  Coxcbinb  ;  he  con&fs'd, ."  That 
^  for  hisLmpjf  Sex  he  was  in  no  pain  about  ^ 
^  their  Judgment.  But  how  ifcouMhe  ap- 
^  pear  at  Night  before  the  Mddi  of  Ho- 

1 1  /  ,     '  Such  Is  the  different  ^MTiMi  of  Nations^ 

and  of  the  fame  Kation  in  different  Times 
and  Seafohs.  For  fo  among  the  AntientS9 
fome  have  been  known  tender  of  the  Sex  to 
fudi  a  degree,  as  not  to  fuffer  'em  to  expoie 
their  Modefty,  by  the  View  of  Ma(culine 
Games^or  Theatrical  Repreftntations  of  any 
!kind  whatever.  Othen,  on  the  contrary, 
f.\  have  introduc'd 'em  into  their  Amphi*Thea'» 

)]\  ters,  and  made  'em  Sharers  in  the  cruellelfc 

I    .        •  Spcdacles. 
\      \    '  But  let  our  Authors  or  Poets -complain 

ever  fo  much  of  the  Genius  of  our  People, 
'tis  evident,   we  are  not  altogether    fo 
harhATom  or  GotUel  as  they  pretend.    We 
f  are  naturally  no  ill  Soil;  and  hav«  ntuCcal 

*^  *  Parts  which  might  be  cultivated  with  great 

t  Advantage,  if  theft  Gentlemen  wou'd  ufe 

I  the  Art  of  Matters  in  their  Compofi* 

'  f  '  iion.    They  have  Power  to  work  upon  our 

r  better  Inclinations,  and  may  know  by  cerr 

[   .  tain  Tokens,  that^their  Audiena  is  difpos'd 

r  ■  -  .    to 

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to  rccciTe  nobler  5a*/*ff/,  ao4  talte  abcttqr  ^grAJ 
J/«mi«r,  than  that  which,  thro.  Indulgence  V^v*^  . 
tQ«lm«i^/vM  moretb^n  totheir«r/i|  the]') 
are  generally  pleasM  to  make  th^  Choke.  ^ 

Befides  Ibme  laadable  Atte^ipts  whk^ 
bare  been  made  wiUitoIeraMe:  Soccers,  ;of 
late  Years,  towards  a  juft  manner  of  >yrir> 
ting,  both  in  the  heruck  snd.&mlliar  StilQi 
wehftve  older  Proofi  of  a  right  DifpofitioA 
in  oar  People  towsrds  the  moral  and  in- 
ftrqdive  Way.    Oar  old  dramatick  Poe^  i 

may  witnefs  for  our  good  Ear  and  m^nly  \ 

Relifl).    IQotwithftanding  his  natural  Rnden  I 

nefs  his  anpoliIh*d  Stile,  his  antiquated  '. 

Phrafe  and  Wit,  his  want  of  Method  and  I 

Coherence,  and  jiis  Deficiency  in  almofl;  an 
the  Graces  and  Ornaments  of  this  kind  of  .      j 

Writing ;  yet  by  tlw  Juftnefsof  his  Mo»  Ati  i     I 

the  Aptnefs  of  many  oif  hb  Difiriftitm,  \ 

9nd  the  plain  natural  Turn  of  (everal  of  his  j 

0aralters,  he  pleafes  his  Audience,  and  of-  I 

ten  gains  their  Ear ;  without  a  fingle  Bribe 
from  Luxury  or  Vice.  That  Piece  of  his 
which  feems  to  have  moft  afieded  Ep£lifi     '  ■  ^  i 

Hearts,  and  has  perhaps  been  oftneft  aded 
of  any  that  have  come  upon  our  Stage,  is  alt 
moft  one  continued  it/«r4// a  Series  of  deep 
Kefledlons,  drawn  from  «««  Month,  upon   .  .     | 

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^!ait  IT*  Compaffion.    It  may  be  laid;  of  this  Phy; 

•  *-^"^'^  if  I'miftakc  not,  that  it  "has  properly  but 

O  k  B  CharaSler  or  frineifdl  Tdrt.  "■  It  cdntains 

no  Adoration  or  Flattery  of  the  -  Sex  :^  n6 

ranting  at  the  G0ds:  nohhi&nngHircifm\ 

I  r  ndr  any  tbi&g  of  that  carions  mixture  of 

I    .  the  Fierce  and  Tir^y^rr,    which  *  malces  the. 

I  ;.      \  /  binge  of  modern  Tragedy,  and  nicely  varys 

/  :  *  hbetween  the  Points  of  Love  and  Homwr* 

\   \  ^  "  Upon  the  whole :  lince  in  the  two  great 

pbetick  Stations,  the  Eficlk  and  DrMuukk, 

w^'inayobferve^the  moral  Genius  fo  luta- 

rally  prevalent  ifince  our  moft  approved 

Hereick  Poem  \^%  neither- the  Softnefs  of 

1^  Language, '  nor  the  falhionable    Turn  of 

Jr  Wit;   but  merely  folid  Thought,  ftrong 

\\  Real^oning,'  noble  Paflion/and  a  continued 

/;  ^*  Tbred  of  Moral  Do^ine,  Piety,  and  Vir- 

{[  h  •     •'  tueto  recommend  it}  we  may  juftly  infer, 

\    \'^     ■   "    ^  4hat  it  is  not  fo  much  the  ^uUk\  Ear^  as 

r  {  the  ill  Hand  and  vititnu  Manner  of  our  Poets, 

'Iff.  which  needs  redrefi.    : 

;»{•>.  '      ■  \   :  :  •  .'.,,,■•         •  , 

in-'  . 

I  {  »VAND  thus,  at  laft,  we  are  returned  to 

6ur  old  Article  of  A  d  v  x  c  b  }  that  main 
Preliminary  of  5f//-Sfiiiy  and  iirt9ard  Cenverfe^ 
which  we  have  found  fo  much  wanting  in 
the  Authors  of  our  Time.  They  fliou'4  add 
the  Wifdom -of  the /ftiirr  to  the-Task  and 
Ejcerfif^  of  the  Brain^  in  order  to  bring 


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-Prpportion-and  Beauty  into  their  W8^^s.S^>3^ 
-That  their  Oompofitioa and  V|in of /Wti- Vv^ 

ting  may  be: natural  .an<l:frcc,i  they-muft 
./ettjc.  Matters,  in  the  ^tit  place,  with  them- 
.  filves^  i  And  having  gainM  a-  Mattery  here;j 
-jthey  may  cafily,  with  the  help  of  their. G>-     '  ■     . 
^niw^  and  a  right  ufe  of  ^rr,coxamand  their         ,  - 
^  ^u^/Vuc^,  ,and  efiablifh  a  gopd  T^fie;  /Tis 

cnThemfelveSj  that  all  depends.    .WphaYC 

conlider'd  their  other  Subjeds  of  Excufe. 

^Wc  have  acquitted  'the  Great  Men^  ^htir 
':prefumptive  Patrons^  and  left  *em  to  their 
<  own  Difcretion.    We  have  prov'd  the  Cri- 

ticks  not  only  an  inofienli^e^  but  highly  ufe^ 

ful  Race.    And  for  the  Audibnce,  we 

have  found  it  not  fo  bad  as  might  at  firit 

be  apprehended.  '      . 

It  remains  that  wepafs  Sentence  on  our  | 

Authors  \  after  having  precluded  'em  their  •     | 

Jalt  Refuge*    Nor  do  we  condemn 'euL  on  j 

their  want  of  Wit  or  Fancy  \  but  of  Juig^ 

merit  and  Carrtclnefs ;  which  can  only  be  at-  i 

t?in*d  by  thorow  Diligence^  Study^  and  im-    ^  ^| 

partial  Cw/ir^  of  themfelves.    'Tis  Mah- 

N£Ks  that  is  wanting.    'Tis  a  due  Senti-^ 

incnt  of  Morals^  which  alone  can  make  us 

'.knowing. in  Order  and  Proportion;  and  .   ; 

^ive  us  the  )aft  Tow  and  Meafurc  of  hujnjin  .  | 

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which  he  bas  made  poblickyto  tell  him  that 
he  has\ nndoabtedly  frrfdf^JL  HiMsiLr-  ^ 

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this  Compliment  is  reoeiv'd;  one  wooM 
imagine  it  to  contain  ibme  wonderful  Hf^ 
ferhlc  of  Praife*     For  according  to  the  J 

3train  of  modern  Politeneis  i  'tis  not  an  ' . 

ordinary  Violation  of  Tmth^  which  can  1 

afibrd  a  Tribute  fiiffident  to  anfwer  any 
common  degree  of  Merit*    Now  tis  well  \ 

known  that  the  Gentlemen  whole  Merit  lies  r . 

towards  Authorfiip^  are  unwilling  to  make  - 

the  leaft  Abatement  on  the  foot  of  this  Ce- 
remonial. One  woa'd  wonder  therefore  to 
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"'.'  f9f%:ill?rBi&^  which  in  plain  ienfe  amounts  td  no 

"^^^^^i^Si  more  than  a  bare  Affirmative.    *'  That  they 

i^  have  in  fi>me  manner  difier'd  firomthem- 

^^  felves^  and  are  become  fomewhat  worfe 

*^  or  httir^  than  their,  common  rate.''    For 

if  the  vikft  Writer  grows  viler  than  ordi<- 

nary,  or  exceeds  his  natural  pitch  on  either 

fide,  he  is  juftly  (aid  to  ixcad^  oxgohtyotid 

bimfilf. 

We  find  in  the  lame  manner,  that  there 

'  is  no  Exprelfion  more  generally  us*d  in  a 

way  of  Compliment  to  great  Men  and 

Princes,  thin  that  plain  one,  which  is  fo 

r  often  verify'd,  and  may  be  fafely  pronounced 

r  for  Truth,  on  moft  occafions  i  ^'  That  they 

^  haveaded  Uh  thmfelver^  and  futably  to 

/  .^^Ttheirown  Genius  and  «Chara&er."  iThe 

: Compliment,  itmuft  be  own'd,  founds  well. 

IKo  one  fufpe&s  it.  :  For  who  is  there  that 

in  his  Imagination  joinsnot  fomething  wor- 

r  thy  and  deferring  with  his  >riif  and  .native 

:S£XF}  as  oft  as  he  is:xefer'd  to  it  v  and 

;made  to  conCder,  Who  he  ist  Such  is  the 

fiMmd  Afie&ion  of  .aU  Mankind .  towards 

J  moral  BeautylandPerfedion,  that  they  never 

.  &il  in  making  this  Prefumptibn  in  .behalf  of 

•  themfebres  j . "  That ,  hy  N4Uuro  they.,  have 

!^  fomething  eltimable  and  worthy  in :  re- 

>f  fped  of  others' of  their  Kind  i. and  that 

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•*  is,  as  it  ought  to  be,  of  real  valac  ia  S6^  \^i& 
*^  ciety,  and  juftly  hoaourablc  for  the  fike  ^^^^^ 
*'  of  its  Merit,  and  good  Qaalitys,**    They  -^ 

conclude  therefore  they  have  the  height  of 
Praife  allotted  'em,  Wheii  they  are  aflur'd 
they  have  done  nothing  ir/mrlrem/^/w/,  or 
that  in  Ibme  particular  Adion,  they  have 
exceeded  the  ordinary  Ten^r  of  their  Cha^ 
rafter.  •  '  '.  : 

Thus  is  every  one  convinc'd  of  the  rea- 
lity of  4  Jfetter  Sblv,  and  of  the  Cult  ot 
Homage  which  is  due  to  It.  The  Misfor- 
tune is,  we  are  feldom  taught  to  feek  this 
5<//,  and  place  it  in  a  diftinft  View  from  its 
Reprefentative  or  Counterfeit.  In  our  holy 
Religion,  which  for  the  greateH:  part  is 
adapted  to  the  very  meaneft'  Capacitys,'''tis 
not  to  be  expcded  that  a  Speculation  of  this 
kind  fliou'd  be  openly  advancM.  •Tis  e- 
hough  that  we  have  Hints  given  us  of  a  no*  j 

bier  Silff  than  that  which  is  commonly  fup*  *  I 

pos*d  to  be  the  Bafis  and  Foundation  of  our  .      | 

Adions.    Self-interest  is  there  taken,  as  it  is  | 

vulgarly  conceived.    Tbo  on  the  other  fide  i 

there,  are,  in  the  molt;  iacred  Charaders,  1 

Examples  given  us  of  the  higheft  Contempt  I 

ofallfuchintereftedViews,ofaWilUnghefi  j 

to  fuffcr  without  recompence  for  the  fake  of 
others,  and  of  a  Delire  to  part  even  with* 
Xi/f  and  Being  it  felf,  on  account  of  what  is 

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'l?4  Advice  TO. 

g^gcflerow  Md  worthy^.    But  in  tb^  fkm 
<^f  V  maoner  as  the  celcftUl  Phe»omna  „t  in 
th«  i^cred  Volumes  gencraUy  treated  ac- 

."         cording  to  commoa  Imagination,  and  the 
then  current  Syftcm  of  Aftronomy  and  na^ 
tnral  Sdenccj  fo  the  moral  JfftarMttt  are 
in  many  places  prefervM  without  Altera* 
tion,  according  to  ynlgar  Prejudice,  and  the 
general  Conception  of  Jnttrtfi  and  Selfi-Getdi 
Our  rM/  and  ^www  Sbif  is  fometimes 
foKJOs'd  that  amhititus  m9  whicl*  is  fond  of 
Power  and  Glory,  fometimes  that  el»UU(l^ 
m  which  is  taken  with  vab  Shew,  and  is 
to  be  invited  to  Obedience  by  promifc  of 
^ner  Habitations,  precious  Stones  and 'Me- 
tals, Ihining  Garments,  Crowns,  and  othe? 
fuch  dazling  Beautys,  by  which  another 
Mmbf  or  material  GVy,  is  reprefented. 

.It  mull  be  own*d,  that  even  at  that  time^ 
when  a  greater  and  purer  Light  difdosM  it 
fclf  in  the  chofcn  Nation  j  their  natural 
Gloominefi  appeatfd  (till,  by  the  great  dif- 
^Ity  they  had  to  htoi»  themfelvet,  or  learn 
their  real  lutertfi,  after  fuch  long  Tutorage 
and  Inftmaion  from  above.    The  Simpli^ 

city  of  that  People  muft  certainly  have  been 

very  great}  when  the  beft  DoArine  co9»d 

not,  go  down  without  4  TreM^  and  the  beft 

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•  AH    AUTHOlU  iii 

their  Z>4t/r/,  that  they  were  apt  to  conltnie  Se^M 

evei:y  Divine  Saying  in  a  Bety^nG:^  and^'^^*'^^ 

thought  nothing  more  ielf<oi^itaentthan 

that  inferior  Receptacle.    Their  Tafte  in 

IMorals  cou'd  not  bat  be  futable  to  this  ex^ 

traordinary  Eftimation  of  tbemfilvcs,   13o 

wonder  if  the  better  and  neUer  S  b  I.F  was  left 

as  a  Myitery  to  a  People,  who  of  all  haman 

kind  were  the  imoft  grofly  felffi^  crooked 

and  penrerfa    So  that  it  moft  necellarily  be 

confefsM,  in  Honour  of  their  Divine  L^if^  ' 

laton.  Patriots,  and  Inltruftors  i  that  they 

exceeded  all  others  in  Goodnefs  and  Gene- 

rofity  i  fincethey  couM  fo  truly  love  their 

Nation  and  Brethren,  fuch  as  they  were  •,  .1 

and  cou'd  have  {o  generous  and  difinte- 

refted  Regards  for  thoie  who  were  in  them*  j 

fclves   fo  fordidly  interefted  and  nnde«  | 

ferving. 

But  whatever  may  be  the  proper  Eficd  or 
Operation  of  Religion,  'tis  the  known  Pro- 
vince of  Philofophy  to  teach  us  eur/ilves^ 
ieep  us  the  fclffdme  Perfbns,  and  fo  regu- 
late our  governing  Fancys,  Paflions  and  Hu- 
mours, as  to  make  us  compreheniible  to  our 
felves,  and  knowable  by  other  Features  thaii 
thofe  of  a  bare  Countenance.  For  'tis  not 
certainly  by  virtue  of  our  Face,  that  we  are 
wr  /elves.  'Tis  not  We  who  change,  when 
our  Complexion  or  Shape  changes.  Bat 
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Fkrt  HI;  there  is  that  which  when  it  is  wholly  ineta* 
^O^^mprphos'd  and  converted,  H^t^veia  reality 
/  '  traniform'd  and  loft. 

!  V  Shod'd  a  Friend  of  ours,  who  had  endar^d 

I  [many  Sicknefles,  and  run  many  ill  Adven* 

I  tures  while  he  traveled  thro  the  remoteft 

/       '  parts  of  the  Eaft,  and  hotteft  Goantrys  of 

the  South,  return  to  us  fo  alter'd  in  his 
whole  outward  Figure,  that  we  couM  not 
;  know  him  again  to  be  the  fame  Man,  till 

^  we  had  for  a  time  conversed  with  him  \  the 
/'  xnatterwou*d  not  feem  fo  very  ftrange,  nor 

wouM  ouf  Concern  on  this  account  be  very 
great.  But  Ihou'd  a  like  Face  and  Figure  of 
a  Perfon  return  to  us  with  Thoughts  and ' 
lluraours  of  a  ftrange  and  foreign  Turn, 
and  with  Pallions,  Affedions,  and  Opinions 
wholly  different  from  any  thing  we  had  for- 
merly known  belonging  to  fuch  a  Perfon ; 
we.  fliou'd  fay  in  earneflr,  and  with  the 
greatelt  AmazementandConcern,  that  this 
f  was  sffotherCreature^  and  not  the  Friend  whom 

wc  once  knew.    Nor  fliou'd  we  in  reality 
attempt  anyrenewal  of  Acquaintance  or 
'  Correfpondence  with  fuch  a  Perfon,  tho 

,  perhaps  he  might  prefer  vein  bis  Memory 
-  the  Marks,  or  Tokens  of  former  Tranfic- 
tions  which  had  pafsM  between  us.    ^ 
,.  **WhJtt  a  Revolution  of  this  kind,  tho 

pot  fo  total,  happens  at  any. time  in  a 

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AN  Aa^HOR.  *«7  . 

Qiaraaer ;  when  the  Paflion  or  Hamour  of  Sed^t  fi 
a  known  Perfon  changes  remarkably  from  ^^V^ 
what  it  once  was  *,  'tis  to  Philofifbyyit  then 
appeal.  Tis  either  the  Want  or  Weaknefs  of  , 
this  Principle,  which  is  charg'd  on  the  Delin« 
quent.  And  on  this  bottom  it  is,  that  we 
often  challenge  our  felves,  when  we  find  fuch 
variation  in  oo'r  felves,  and  obferve  that  it 
is  not  always  the  fame  Stlf^  nor  the  fame  In* 
terefi  we  have  in  view  \  but  often  a  dired: 
Contrary  one,  which  weferve  ftill  with  the 
fame  Paflion  and  Ardour.  When  from  a 
noted  Liberality  we  change  perhaps  to  as 
remarkable  a  Parfimony  v  when  from  Indo* 
lence  and  Love  of  Reft  we  plunge  into  6u<- 
iinefs  J  or  from  a  bufy  and  fevere  Charader, 
abhorrent  from  the  tender  Gonvtrfe  of  the 
fair  Sex,  we  turn  on  a  fudden  to  a  contrary 
Paflion,  and  become  amorous,  or  uxorious ; 
we  acknowlcdg  the  Weaknefs  j  and  charging 
our  Dcfeft  on  the  general  want  of  PbUofe^ 
fhy^  we  fay  (fighing)  "  That  we  none  of 
**  us  how  out  felves^  And  thus  We  recog- 
nize the  Authority  add  proper  Objed  of 
Pbilofophy  ^  fo  far  at  Ic^,  that  tho  we 
pretend.not  to  be  compleat  PhiUfephers^  yet  '  \ 
as  we  have  more  or  lefs  of  this*  Intelli* 
gence  or  Comprehenfion  of  our  ielves,  we 
accordingly  confefs  we  are  more  or  lefs  truly 
M  t  N,  and  more  or  lefi  to  be  depended  on, 
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.      iat  Abvrcfi  to 

I      ^  f ac|:|n;  in  Fricndfliip,  Society,  and  tlie  Commerce 

I       .  .  Theiriaii/ofthb  Sdence  are  indeed  the 

;  £iireft  imaginable  j'  and,  *  npon  proof,  are 

found  to  be  as  well  telilh'd,  and  of  as  good 

Savour  with  Mankind.    But  when  we  turn 

/      *  \  ^ V  By^  ^^  ^^  which  we  fuppofe  the 

Trcs^  'tis  no  wonder  if  we  fli^t  the  Gmt- 

j  .  'defterjhip^  and  think  the  maimer  of  Culture 

'  A  very  contemptible  Myftery*     **  Grapes^  , 

j  .     ^  •*  •tis  laid,  4rc  net  gathered  fiem  T%oms  \  nw^ 

^  /  •*  K^/)?^i»  Tl(/?/w-''    Nowif  intheUte-   - 

rate  World  there  be  any  choking  Weed, 
any  thing  purely  T\orn  or  ThifiU^  *tis  in  all 
.  likelihood  that  very  kind  of  Plant  which 
^  ftands  fot  Philcfcfiy  in  our  Schools.    T|iere 

can  be  nothing  more  ridiculous  than  to  ex- 
'  pe&  that  Manmrs  or  VnderfiMding  fhou'd 
iprout  frpm  fuch  a  Stock.  It  pretends  in- 
deed ibme  relation  to  ^^;7^/,  as  being  de- 
£nitive  of  the  futures,  fiflences,  and  Pro- 
pertys  of  Spirits  \  and  &me  relation  to  Rid-; 
/oif,  as  ddcribing  the  Shapes  and  Forms  of ' 
(crtaia  Inflrament^  ImployM  in  the  rea« 
ibning  Art.  But  had  the  craftieft  of  Men, 
for  many  Ages  tog^er,  been  imploy'd  in 
finding  out  a  method  to  confound  Reafon^ . 
and  .degn^de  the  VndiarfianJUf^  of  Mankind  j 
they  con'd  not  perhaps  liave  iucceeded  bet- 
.  iqr,  than  l>y  the  Eftablifliment  of  Tuch  a 
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leiacfant  kiod,,  who  being-nptm  81  Kj^S^^^^V^  , 

rHoal  AdTcatare  iq  a  GoooUsi  AKhere.priif  ,   | 

I^ti^  Miflioa^are  ttcatedasistfib  Jfift»^a5^ 
l)ietoldme,,co«tfnU|ijed.a(l<^P«i^ift9,  ao4  .V 

](ept  for  ftveral  Aiojith»  yrhfta  hf  ian:>  09  i 

oiaanor  of  Ligbit^,  latMsiBai^Swni^isoj^  'j 

inters  aadpuborfe,  the  M»«y9iyi?jy(t^  j 

ioveated  an  Ainafemeot  vioi^ifiohhpixr  ; 

pore,afldhig;hl;'pceftrv9tivqbojilbiOfH«»lt^  I 

aod  Hamoar.  It;  Jql^Y  ber  ^Qfi^  pcichs^' 
that  of  «U  Stet&n^oc  GrcaQi%iK9»>9rft  ws» 
OAOtliC  Qio(t^U«.to,  Qar-o£c,|qei|tj^  I 

PiafUce  of  ^pi^vo<3tji-Yi  i^^apanj;  $0^ 
tbePrUQaexwa$:oa(tof  tho^,«^Bi.|qi:^  | 

Age' we  call  PhUofapbers,  zSv^fxtoti  qf  | 

PARACBi^^us^aodaMoQier  v^^beimol^  > 

3de»QQ$.    Bmt  as  taAfyrd  3qefice.  or  4Af  » 

thing  relating  tq^,5*(^«n(«r^,  he  wa*  »  ,  ' 

nierel^Qvice.   To  worktherefoiie  hewei^  j 

after  a  ^i^ent  Method*  Qe.^d[bi9  qat 
torai Pipes. not  alter  the-  mannei?  c|  9«M«lt-  .1 

dap»  to  praise  wb4t.wa^;i94qdioa$>Wd  '            \ 

agreeable  W  Sound;;,  bl^ilxx  ^0^994^^  iSbvm  ,              1 

all  fert.  of  articwlaite  V<we»  the.  qioft  d*^  /  1 

tinftly  that  wai  pcjfiibte.     T>i^  ¥  pefi-  | 

j6Qr«*d.hx  i^eaoojjfly  exatti|igJ)j«.VQi^  ,         j 

a^d  eff*yin&  ivia  all.  thfi  fi|w4  DUpp(if 
'4<»s  ^nd  (^nSg^vaiMW  of  J4$t  Th^^ 

J4(WtU»„  Aj>4.  ti»9f  Jb^'^  ,      5 

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I  Fai?tin.fdarling,  afid  otherwife  variofdfly  exerting 

.'  '   **i'''*'^lii8  Organs  of  Sound,  he  endeavout»d  to 

j    ;  difoover  what  Letters  of  the  Alphabet  coo*d 

I  \  teftdefign  each  Species,  or  what  new  Let- 

I  ters  were  to  be  indented  to  imark  the  trn- 

/     •  .      difco7cr*d  Modifications. '  He  found,  for 

/  tnftanoe,  the  Letter  ><  to  be  a  moft  genuine 

\  jCharaOer,  an  original  and  pure  Vowel,  and 

;  r     IttftlyplacMaSprindpalinthefrontof  the 

[      ;  (Alphabetidc  Order.    For  having  duly  ex- 

j  • 'tended  his  under  Jaw,  to  its  utmoftdiftance 

I      !    .  ^m  the  Upper  i  and  by  a  proper  Infertion 

I       I  »f  his  Fingers  provided  againft  the  Cpn- 

i       ;      '       :  traftionof  either  Corner  of  his  Mouth,  he 

i  ;•    experimentally  difcovcr*d  it  impoffible  for 

httflian  Tongue  under  thefcCircumlbinces 

to  emit  any  other  Modification  of  Sound  than 

i  '  that  which  was  delcrib*d  by  this  primitive 

■  Gharader.    This  Vowel  D  was  form*d  by  an 

I  ;  orbicularDifpofitibnof  the  Mouth;  as  was 

i  '  «ptly  delineated  in  the  Charaaer  it.felf. 

I  :Thc  Vowel  i;  by  a  parallel  Protnilion  of  the 

Lips.    The  other  Vowels  and 'Oonfonants 

I       y,     ',  '  "by  other  various  Collifions  of  the  Mouth, 

•  >nd  Operations  of  the  aaivc  Tongue' upon 

'the  paffiye  Gum  or  Palate^    The  Refolt  of 

I  'this  prbiS^und  Speculation' anid  long  Exer- 

Vife  of  «ur  Prifoner  was  *  Pii/«yjpi«4/Trf4- 

i  Vt/f,  whi^  he  composed  when  he  yras.  fet  at 

tfiberty;''ficdleemMhimfelf  the  only 

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Matter  of  Voice  and  Language  on  the  ac-  §c^^; , 
count  of  this  his  radical  Science,  and  ^^tfirfi- V^Pj^ 
i»m4/ iTwirW/ of  Sounds.  But  whoeiVc^^ 
had  ttken  him  to  improve  their  Voice,  ot 
teach  'em  an  agreeable  or  juft  manner  of 
Accent  or  Delivery,  wouM,  1  believe,  have 
found  themfelves  conflderably  deluded. 

Tis  not  that  I  wou'd  condemn  as  ufelefi 
this  fpeculative  Science  of  .^lOf/iiWMr.  It 
has  its  place,  no.  doubt, .  amoiag  the  other 
Sciences,  and  may  ferve  to.  Ci^^mmr,  as  < 
Grammar  ierves  to  Rhetorick 'ini.%o  other 
Arts  of  Speech  and  Writing/;^  The  Soli- 
dity of  Matbematicisy  and  ;its  Advantage 
to  Mankind,  is  proy'd  by  many  efieds  in 
thofe .  beneficial  Arts  and  Sciences  which  \ 

'  depend  on  it:  HiO  AfiroUgerjy  Ji^fi^f^s^ 
andother  fuch,  are  plcasMtotionourthem-  t 

felves  withi  the  Title   of  Matbenuuicians.  I 

As  for  Metaphyjicksy  and  that  which  in  the  | 

iSchpols  is  taught  for  Zr^f/c*  or  fp^^  ; 

I  Jhali  willingly  allow  it  to  pafs  for  PW*- 
fiphy^  whenby  any  real  effc&s  it  is  proved 
capable  to  refineour  Spirits,  improve  our 
XJnderttandings,  or  mend  our   Manners. 

•  But!  if  the  defining  maariaiand  immaarial 
%yfiancis^  and  diftiriguilhing  their  frofertyi  • 
and //i?^^/,  is  recommended  to  n^  ^^^ 

•  tight   manner  of ,  proceeding  in  the  Dif- 
jcovery^  oif  our  own  Matures,  1  iball  ]be  Ipt 


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Vp^^io  fulp^  futh  a  Sta4y  as  the  more  ddnflve 
^^'^'^and  inj^tuadng,  911  acconnt  pf  Itt  magdfi- 
cent  Pre!t^niIp0.  '    '    • 

^'  ;The  Study  of  TrUpgles  and  Cirdes  in-' 
.   («fer€s not  wifh theStody of  Minds.    Nof 
docs  the 'Student  m  the  mean  wl<ilefap« 
.   ppfe  faim&lf  advancing  ihWifdom,  or  the 
Knowledgof  Himfelf  brMlanlOnd.    A^h,e 
'  4^|iKsl9  tokeephisHeadibnnd,  asitwa$ 

before.'  And  weU,  he  thinks,  be  has  comcf 
,  0^' if  ^^te  be  no  Crack  made  in  it    !/U 

.  %;6tb^' Ability  pr  ImprovemeAt  in  the 
Rnowledg  of  huina^'l^tnre  or  the  World  $ 
.  be  telfers  nimftlf  to  pthef  Stpdys  and  Prac- 
^Cf.    Sric\i  is  the  Mathtm4ticiait*s  Modefty 
indgpPdSenfe.  Bntiar the PhiUfipher, who 
pretends  to 'be  wholly  takei)  np  iq  confi- 
.  dering  his  iiigher  Facoltys,  and  examining 
,   '  ]^  Foyers  and  Principles  of  his  Uqdei;- 

"di^ni^ng^  if  inreaUtyhisPhilolophy  1^ 
'rfigp  W^(i  Matter  jprofeffMi  if  i^  goes 
jl)efide  t^e  '.miaflc,  and'  rudies  nothing  tha^ 
'We  can  traly  call  oar  Intereft  or  Cp^icern  $ 
\t  ida^:^Tomqiv^t  yorft  than  mere 
'jUbraxice  or  Idiptifm'.  'The  ppft  ingenio'os 
way  of  >tip9tnihg  .fopllif^  1$  1^ 
.       '  ^^jid  the.iweft  Methp4.tP'pre7ipn|;;  gppd 
^i&ft,  |st<ff?twp<p«ieti4ngi^ 

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it  be  not  tbttUr^  it  ftlf^  ttisjm^  dife^y  SiSUiti  t; 
it  becoma  its  0fp»fite.:   .  .  aj^v:^; 

Oflc  woo*d  expeft  it  of  thefeP&jrjMp}^/: 
and  Searchers  of  MuUi  and  Siifimtcefy  that  i 
being  ib  exalted  in  their  Underftandbgsr: 
and  inrich*d  with  Sdenoe  above  other  Mexi^i 
they  lhoa*d  be  as  midch  above  *em  in  thd^r 
Faffions  and  Sentiments.  The'  GottlciOn£>I 
nefi  of  being  admitted  into  the  feCretRev: 
ceflet  of  Nature,  and  the  inward  Re&nrocn 
ofa  homan  Heart,  ihotfd,  one  woiPdthin]c»' 
create  in  thele  Gentlemen  a  fort  of  Mag-^ 
nadmity,  which  might  diftingdlh  *emi 
from  the  ordinary  Race  of  Mortals.  ^Bot-' 
if  their  pretended  Kndwledg  of  the  Ma-- 
chine  of  tUt  WrrU,  and  of  tbfir  iM 
trttnu^  u  able  to  prodace  nothing  benefidaf- 
•dther  to  the  one  or  to  the  other  $  tkhow 
not  to  what  parpoTeibcha  Hutofophy  can 
firve,  except  only  to  ihot  the  door  t^gaiof^- 
better  Knowledg,.  and<  introduce  lmp«rti<« 
aence  and  Conceit  with  the  belt  GomteisttM 
of  Authority. 

■  rris  hardly  poflSble  for  a  Student,  but 
more  efpedaUy  m  Avthtr<i  who  has  dealt  itf 
Uua^  and  treated  formally  of  th$  fagtviii 
In  a  way  of  tuuurd  ThiUftfhft  not'to  inum 
gine  him&lf  more  wifo  on  this  acoount^ 
and  more  knowing  in  h»  own  Cfaarafiiier;  | 

«sd  the  Gemus  of  Mankinds   But  that  be  I 

•    •       .      ,        K  3  .   ■  .      U  ,        •. 

I 

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;  J^ttintismUtaken  in  hk  Calcalation,  Experience 

I  '^^'^^^  generally  convinces  os;  none  being  foond 

i  snore  impotent  in  themfelves,  of  lefs  com- 

!  snand  over  their  PalDons,  lefs  free  from 

Saperltition  and  vain  Fean,   or  lefs  {afe 

/  from  common  Imipoftnre  and  ^elafion,' than 

^  the  noted  Head-pieces  of  this  Stamp,   ^or 

(  is  this  a  Wonder. .  The  Speculation  in  a 

'      /  >piannerbefpeaksthe  Pra&ice.    There  needs 

no  formal  Oednftion  to  make  this  evident. 

;  ,  A  fmallHelp  fromonr  familiar  Method  of 

MiUqvy  may  ferve  torn:  and  we  may  per- 

I  '       •      haps  decide  this  matter  in  a  more  diverting 

I  "    "^  way}   by  confronting  this  faper-fpccola- 

tive  Philofophy  with  a  more  pradical  fort, 

which  relates  chiiefly  to  our  Acquaintance, 

&iendflup,  and  good  Gorrefpondence  with 

tor  filvis* 

On  this  account,  it  may  not  be  to  my 

^  .  Reader's  Diiadvantage,  if  forgetting  him 

fcr  a  while,  I  apply  chicHy  to  tny  filfi  and 

«s  occalion  offers,  afllime  that  filf-eonvir^ 

ftm  PrdSkif  which  I  have  pretended  to 

difclofct    *Tis  hopM  therefore,  he  will  not 

«fteem  it  as  ill  Breeding,  if  I  lofe  the  ofual 

regard  to  bis  Prefence.    And  (houM  I  fall 

infcniibly  into  one  of  the  Paroxyfms  de-? 

^ibM  V  and  as  in  a  fort  of  Phrcnzy,  enter 

!  .'  Into  high  Expoftulation  with  my.  felf ;  ht 

\  wfill,  fiot  furely  \)^  QScnded  with  the  free 

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Language j  or  even  with  the  Reproachef  §0&j^ 
he  fears,  from  a  Ptrfon  who  only  makes  y^jT^ 
bold  with  whom  he  may.    ;  ^ 

IF  a  Faflenger  ihoa*d  tofn  by  chance  Into 
a  Watchmaker's  Shop,  andthinldng  to  in* 
ibnn  himfelf  concerning  Wktebetf  ihda*d 
inqnire,  of  what  Metal,  or  what  Matter, 
each  part  was  compos*d}  what  g^ye  the 
Colours,  or  what  made  the  Soonds^  with* 
ont  examining  what  the  real  Uft  was  of 
foch  an  Inftmmenti  or  by  What  Move-' 
ments  its  £m<  was  beft  attain'd,  and  its 
Pcrfeftion  acquired :  *tis  plain  that  foch  an 
Examiner  as  this,  won'dcomelhortof  any 
Underftanding  in  the  real  ^tare  of  tixc 
Jnftmment.  Shotfd  a  Philofophcr,  after 
the  lame  manner,  employing  himfelf  in  the 
Study  of  human  Nature,  difcover  only, 
what  EflEefts  each  paffion  wrought  upon  the 
Body  •,  what  change  of  Afpcft  or  Pteaturc 
they  produc'd  j  and  in  what  different  man- 
ner they  affefted  the  Limbs  and  Mufclesi 
this  might  poffibly  qualify  him  to  give  Ad- 
vice  to  an  Anatomift  or  a  limner,  but  not 
to  Mmiind  or  to  Himfilf:  Since  according 
to  this  Survey  he  confidet»d  not  the  real , 
Operation  or  Energy  of  his  Subjeft,  nor 
contempUted  theii^,  asrf-rf  MAM,.and 


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.Piiri^«Bft'«i1itsfflah  Agent}  te^^ 

l'  ^  The  Paffion  of  Pftir  <»  ^  modern  Ebi*- 

j  ^lofophcr  informs  mc)   determines  the 

I  ^:$][mts  «<»  the  Md&lfes  of  ;tjbe  Knees^ 

I  .^ii^Mc^areinftanlly  ready  to  perform  their 

I  -^  Rrotim ^  ty  taMng  tipitbe  Legs  iwitfti  u«» 

i  ^-'ttwparaljle  Gckrity^  fe  wder  to  i» 

\  *  f^-  tnow  the  •'feody  out  itf  tarms  way.^-*— ^ 

/  fiSxcdleiit  T^Iecbamfml '  8^^  whether  tbS 

i  .     knodang  together -eftiieiKne^ 

:  /  tbieftx^wardly  Symptom  of  Big^^ 

cJtattmngof  the  Teeth  is  t^e  ftoiit  Symp«> 
;     '  torn  oFR€fiiII»nce9lIha11nottalceiipo^ 

to' determnie*'  1  fliall  find  notlung  hem' 
itMdi  is  <)f  tlie  lealt'  5e//-GoBcerBmeAt« 
Knd  I  my  depend  oiK>n  ft,  that  %f  t^^ 
'm>&  tefinM  Speodationof  thislkind,  i  firaa 
fieitiher  lean  to  diminiih  my  Ii^rs,  or  nift 
;      ^  illy *Com:a^    This^  however^  Icnaf'bQ 

yrcli  as  <^^thcr  Pafikmsi  to  tare  its  inf' 
tpreafe  and  decreafe,  as  k  is  (fed  by  Ofitiiaii^ 

''^Phcfe  i^affions,  acrording  as  they  b^^ 
vflxodencyin  me^  ^and  4Vlkfc  in  proportion 
Witht>TC  anotShy,  afieS:  myO)^ 
jpDsKce  tne  ^^Skkiok  wil^h  TefpeO;  to  «9r  f^lf 
Md  crtherst  1  mifft,  thiorcfere,  <iS  wQd&Uf 
\  to  forop  Improvcmeirt,  by  rpficaing  juftly 

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en  the  flumner  of  my  own  Atctian^  as  guided  ^^^ 
ty-4^ffi«w  which  dcpcndfo  much  on  Ap- ^^^^^^'^^ 
prefaeirfion  and  Conceit.     And  by  exami- 
ning the  Tarious  Turns,  Inflexions,  Dedeni- . 
fions,  and  inward  Revolations  of  the  Fsf' 
Jkm^  I  mnft  nndoabtedly  come  the  better- 
to  nnderftand  a  human  Breaft,  and  jodg  the  . 
better  both  of  others  and  n^  ftlf*    Tis 
impoflible  to  make  the  leaft  adYancement  ia 
fnch  a  Study,  without  acquiring  fome  Ad« 
vantage,  from  the  Regalation  and  GoYern- 
ment  of  thofe  Pallions,  on  which  the  Gon»:  \ 
dud  of  a  Life  depends*  • 
For  inftance,  if  Sup  a  r  s  t  i  t  lo  n  be  the  | 
Tort  of  Fear  which  molt  oppreflesj  'tis  not  j 
very  material  to  inquire,  on  this  occafion,  to                     <;    I 
what  Parts  or  Diftrids  the  Blood  or  Spirits  \ 
are  immediately  detach'd,  oi"  where  they  are                        'I 
made  to  rendevouz.    For  this  no  more  im«  [ 
ports  me  to  nnderftand,  than  it  depends  on        .  [ 
me  to  regulate  or  change;    But  when  the 
grounds  of  this  Fear  are  conlider'd  to  be 
from  OfhiMj  and  the  Subjedsof  it  come          .  [ 
to  be  ithorowly  fcarchM  and  examined;  'tis                .      ^\ 
impoflible  but  the  PalIion4tielf.muftdimi^  1 
jufli,  as  I  diiboYer  more  and  more  the  Im- 
pofture  which  belongs  to  it* 

,  In  the  iame  manner  if  Vanity  be  from  1 

Qpniop^  and  I  confider  how  y^Muky  is  con^  \ 

9Vf4%  f^^vn  what  imaj^ry  AdYantages,  < 

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Partlll.and  iaconfiderable Gronnds ;  if Iview  itin 

^  '^^^^^^  its  cxccflivc  height,  as  wc^  as  in  its  contrary 

jdepreiEon}  'tis  impofllble  bat  I  molt,  in 

.lome  meafare  be  reliev'd  of  this  Diftemper« 

LmuUt  Murt  twmsi   funt   eertd  Ti^ 
cuU  * 
:    Sunt  virkd  &  if^eei  4p$ibm  hunt  Uvire 
doUrtm 
PpJpSy  &maingm  morki  depanere  fartem.  ' 

.■/■'.  .  .  .     . 

The  lame  molt  happen  in  refpeft  of  jin* 
X^9  AndfiiUft^  Lavi^  Difire^  and  the  other  . 
PaOions  from  whence  I  frame  the  varioas 
Kotion  I  have  of  Jntenfi.    For  according  as 
thefc  Paffions  veer,  my  Intirtfi  veers,  my 
Storage  varys;  and  I  make  alternately  now 
this,  no w  that,  to  be  my  Gm-y^  and  J^fT^pfr. 
The  Man  in  Anger,  has  a  different  /£ijpf/- 
.     mfs  from  the  Man  in  Love.    And  the  Man 
lyho  is  grown  covetons,  has  a  different  No* 
tion  o>f  S^uisfaltUn  from  what  he  had  beforey 
when  he  was  liberal.     Even  the  Man  in 
Humonr,  has  anotlter  Thought  of  tntenfi^ 
*    knd  Advmagi  from  the  Man  pdt  of  Hu- 
monr) or  in  the  leafl:  diftnrb'd.    The  Bza- 
mination,  therefore,  of  my  Hnmonrs^^  and 
the  Enquiry  after  my  Paffions,  muft  necefl 
farily  draw  along  with  it  the  fearch  and 
jcratiny  of  mjOfiniwij  and  the  fincisre 
.'.:•  .  ■    ■■'-  ;•''■  ■  '  f  •  v-\:.;  '.'\-iP  ,|confi^'* 


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confiSeratioQ  of  my  Scvfi  and  End.    And^Scftjij^f 

thus  the  Study  of  human  JffeShn  caonot'  ^^^^ 

but  lead  me  towards  the  Ruowledg  of  bu^ 

pum  Nature^  and  of  ny  ftlfi 

,  This  is  the  Phihfifiy^  which^  by  Katurey 

bas  the  Pre-eminence  above  all  other  Science, 

Of  Knowledge  .  Nor  can  this  furely  be  of  the 

fort  calTd  vain  or  deceitful  i  fince  it  is  the 

only  means  by  which  I  cai\  diicover  Vanity 

and  Deceit.    This  is  hbt  of  that  kind  which 

depends  ovLGimdagyscxTraJUtimiSj  and  mi^ 

nifiers  Quifiions  and  vain  Jangling*    It  has 

not  its  Name,  as  other  Philofophys,  from  the 

mere  Subtlety  and  Nicety  of  the  Specula* 

tion^  but,  by  way  of  Excellence,  from  its 
;being  fuperiour  to  all  other  Speculations; 

from  its  preCding  over  all  other  Sciences 

and  Occupations  ;  teaching.,  the  Meafure  of 

each,  and  afligning  the  juft  Value  of  every 

thing  in  Life.    By  this  Science  Rili^icn  it        7*      .         i 

fclf  is  judgM,  Spirits  are  fearch'd,  Pr§phicys  .  ] 

proved.   Miracles  diltinguilhM :    the    fole  ^ 

Meafure  and  Standard  being  taken  from  \l 

moral  ReBitude^  and  from  the  Diicernment  ! 

of  what  is  found  and  juft  in  the  AfieStions-  ^ 

rFor  if  the  Tree  is  known  only  by  its  Fruiet  j  .      '   \ 

my  firft  Endeavour  muft  be  to  diftinguilh  the  [ 

:true  Tafte  of  PrtUts^  refine  my  Palat,  and  [ 

eftablilh  a  juft  Relilh  in  the  kind*    For  to 
'fti4nie  judg  Authority  by  Morals,  wbiUi:  the 

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Bart  m.  Rule  of  MoraU  is  fappos'd  depeadeat  oii 
^^^^^mert  Anthority  and  WiU^  is  the  fame  as  to 
bid  me  fee  with  my  Eyes  lhat,meafiire  with- 
out a  Standard)  and  count  without  Arith^ 
metick* 

k'  And  thus  Philofophy,  which  judges  both 
of  her  (elf)  and  of  every  thing  belides  y  di& 
covers  her  own  Province^  and  chief  Com^ 
xnand;  teaches  me  to  dilUngnilh  between. 
#        her  Peribn^  and  her  Likenefsi  and  fhowa 
me  her  immediate  and  real  felf^  by  that 
Ible  Privilege  of  teaching  me  t^  htw  ny  filf^ 
and  what  beUngt  u  mi*    She  gives  to  every 
snferiour  Science  its  jnft  rank  y  leaves  ibme 
to  meafure  Sounds  \  others  to  fcan  SjttMa  9 
others  to  weigh  Kuunmsj  and  define  Sfoas^ 
and  Extenjioftsi  but  refirves  to  her  felf 
her  due  Authority^  and  Majefty^  keeps  her 
^        State,'  and  antient  Title,  of  PT^a  Dux^ 
\  •         VirunU  Indagatrlx^  and  the  reft  of  thoie 
juft  Appellations  which  of  old  belonged  to. 
ber ;  when  Ihe  merited  to  be  apoftrophiz'd, 
as  die  wa%  by  the  Orator :  .Tu  Invmtri^ 
XUfguittj  TuMagifird  motum  fi'iifcifUns  ^^ 
Mftdufim  lOtuj  Jiis  kifii  &€XfrdceftistiU4  d^ 
^j*p€€4mi  ipimmdUm  Mttf4nindMs*    EjCr 
client  Miftreis!  but  eafy  to  be  miftakeu;! 
fwhilft  ib^  many  Hand^^maids  wear  isiUu-^ 
Urions  Apparel  j  and  ibiAe  are  ntade  to  ORt^ 
|hln$  her&Ti  inPrefi,  andOrnvnent. 


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AK   Author.  .«4». 

Jn  reality  5  how  fpedcms  a  Study,  how  'Se&^jJ 

folcmn  an  Amuftmcnt  is  TaisMfromwhati^-^'"^'^' 

we  cal)  Pbil0fafhic4l  SftctdatUfis !  —  the 

FortnMlm  «/  Idids  I  — —  their  CmfQfakns^ 

Comfarifins^   Agnemenf  and  'pifagrtcmmtl 

^^--»  What  can  have  a  better  Appearance,  or 

bid '  fairer  for  ^enidne  and  /nf^  P h  i lo so«, 

?  H  Y?       CoQie  on  tlien.    Let .  me  phUoicH 

phi^e  in  this  manner ;  if  this  be  tlie  way  I 

am  to  grow  wifef    Let  me  examine  my  Jdess 

of  Sfoci  and  Subfiana :  Let  me  look  weU  into 

Maitfr  and  its  MQdis  \  if  this  be  looking  intq 

ny  filf\  if  this  be  to  improve  my  VfuUr^ 

fiandingy  and  enlarjge  my  Mn4.    Let  me  ob« 

fervc,  with  diligence,  what  paflcs  bvn^  wha^ 

Comiexion  and  Gonfiftency,  what  Agree* 

picnt  or  Difagrecmcnt  I  find  nvViu/i;  Wh«^ 

ther,  according  to  my  prcfcnt  Idesu^  that 

which  I  approve  this  Hour,  lam  like  toap^ 

prove  as  well  the  next;  And  in  cafe  it  be 

pttherwifewithme}  howorafiterwhatmaof 

ner^I  IhaU  relieve  my  felf  5  how  dfcmdm  my 

Ideas^  and  k^ep  my  Opinion,  Liking,  and 

Efteem  of  things,  the  fame.  Jf  this  remains 

pnfolv'd  9  i^  1 .4m  ftill  the  iam'e  AJ(yftery  to 

my  fflf  as  ever*,  towhatpurpqfe  isaU  tb£t 

Reafoning  and  Acuteneis?   Wherefore  do 

I  admire  my  Phiiofopber,  orftudy  to.become 

fuchaone,  myftif?*^  s  .jai;:v    ^^  I 


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gfJiO.  7i  JUef  things  haye  fucceeded  well  with 
xPp^,iD,%\  conieqaeatly\iny  Ideas  are ^  rais*d  ;. 
^,r*tis  a  fiae  World !  AB  is  glorions !  Every 
^  thiag  delightful  and  entertaining  1  Man- 
^  kind,  Converfation,  Company,  Society  v 
*•  What  can  be  more  defirable!'!  TV  «w>r- 
r^«ip  <»mes  Di%pointment,  Crofles,  bif-? 
grace.  And  what  follows  ?  "  6  miferable 
\  ^Mankind!  Wretched  State!  Whowou'd 

**  live  out  of  Solitude  ?  Who  won'd  write 
^  or  aa  for  fuch  a  World?r       Philofo- 
j[)her !  where  are  thy  Jit  Mi  Where  i&Trvthy 
'(Urfimtyy  Eviitwt^  fo  inach  talk*d  of?  *Ti$ 
here  they  are  tp  be  maintain^,  if  any  where, 
■  T'is  here  I  ain  to  preferve  fome  jv^ 'Dip' 
»  ihUimsy  and  ade^uatt  Idtsss  which  if  I  can<; 

not  do  a  jot  the  more,  by!  what  fuch  a  Phi- 
,     lolophy  can  teach  mc,  the.  Philofophy  is  in 
thu  refpea  impofing,  and  delofive.  ,  For 
,  -     ■         whatever  its  other  Virtues  are  j  it  relates 
not  to  me  my  filfy  it  concerns  not  tht  Mm% 
nor  any  othierwife  afieds  rb«  ^>»</ than  by 
the  Conceit  of  Knowledg,  and  the  AiTu; 
iance  rais*d  from  a  fappos*d  Improvcmcnf, 
[  which  is  in  reality  nqne.at  all. 

s  s  Again.        What  are  my  Ideasl*/ ffc* 

'  W«rUy    of  PUafiirey   Xithet,;  F^Wf,    Lijfe  f 

What  Jndgment  ami  to. m^ke of  Mankind 
.  and  human  Affiurs  ?  What  Sentiments  am 
I  to  frame  ?    What  Opinions  K  What 

'    ~  Maxims^ 


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AH  AaTHOR.  I4f 

Maxims?   If  none  at  all*,  why  do  I  con-  S^^ 
cern  my  felf  in  Speculations  about  my  JdtM  f  ^-^^'^' 
What  is  it  to  me,  for  inftance,  to  know 
what  kind  of  Idea  1  can  form  of  Sffce  f 
"Divide  a  folid  Body  of  whatever  Dimcn-  ^ 
**  iion  'i  and  it  wiU  be  impoffible  for  the 
**.  Parts  to  move  within  the  bounds  of  its  * 
*(  Superficies:  if  there  be  not  left  in  it  a 
**  void  Space,  as  big  as  the  leaft  pirt  uto 
*•  which  the  Cud  Body  is  divided.** —        •  . 

Thus  the^fMXM'/F,  or  EficwrtM^  pleading 

for  iKietmm.    Tht  PlmtudkmrMn^  on  the 

x>ther  fide,  brings  his  Bmd  in  play,  and 

joins  the  idea  of  Btdjf  and  ExteaJuK.    **  Of 

•*  tins,  fays  one,  I  bave*dear  Ideas.    Of 

>*  this,  lays  the  other,  I  can  be  certain.  And 

•**  what,  fay  I,  if  in  the  cafe  there  be  no 

«*  certainty  at  an?**  For  ^4»6«Mtf>cMfff  are 

divided :  and  Mechmkh  proceed  as  well  on 

one  Hypothells  as  on  the  other.    My  Minit    • 

1  am  fktisfy*d,  will  proceed  either  way  a- 

like:  For  it  is  concern'd  on  ndther  fide. 

-~Philo(bpher !  Let  me  hear  concerning 

what  is  of  fome  Ufetome.    Let  me  hear 

concerning  IJfi  •  what  the  right  Notion  is'; 

'  and  what  i  am  to  ftand  to,  upon  occafioa: 

that  I  may  not,  when  Life  feems  retiring, 

or  has  run  it  felf  out  to  the  very  Dregs, 

[ciy  rMiity .'  condemn  the  World,  and  at 

jthe  fame  time  complain, '  that  Lift  it  fitrf 


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tBvtin.  Mi  ftjfnij !  For  why  fo  fiort ;  if  not  fo6nd| 
^^'VV  jSi^^  f  \yjiy  do  I  complain  both  ways  ?  If  ^ 
Vanity^  i»fr#  f^anity^  a  Happiacf$  ?  Or  can' 
Mifery  t^fi.  4^iy  too  fooa  >  ,  ;  ;J 

.       /   -  This  |s  of  moment  to  loe  to  examine.: 
This  is  what  is  worth  my  whiles    If^  Aathe^ 
other  fide,  I  cannot  find  the  Jgremm  QS\ 
.  Pifdgreement  of  my  litdi  in  this  place  j  if  I  * 
f;ah  come  to  nothing  ctrtain  here  \  what  is 
^  all  the  reft  to  me  ?  What:  fignifys  it  bow 
I  come  by  mjr  JUm/>  or  bow  €omf$und^wi % 
which  are  fimflt^  and  which  comflcx  ?  If  I 
have  a  right  Idea  of  ii/#,  njO^w  whe^  perir 
liapsl  think  flightlyof  it,  and  rcfolve  with 
my  fclf,  •^  That  it  may  eafily  be  laid  do\viJ, 
^  on  any  honourable  occaJGlon  of  Servioe  to 
,         f^  »y  Frieqds,  or  Country }  ^^  teach  me  b<w  * 
I  may  preferve  this  U^a  r  or,  at  lea(t„  how  I 
may  get  rid,  pf  it  5  that  it  may  trouble  ipe 
AO  more,  n^r  lead  me  into  ill  Adventure;* 
Teach  me  howl  came  by  fuch  an  Opinipa  qf 
Worth  and  Virtu?;  whatjit  is,  that  att  oflp 
tuneraifesitfo  high,  and  at  anoth€r..time^ 
Induces  it  to  nothing  jh^wthefe  pilhw- 
,bances  and  Fluftuations  l^app^h  V  by  wba^t 
.  Insovationi  whatCompofitioft>  what  ./Mrrr*' 
,^mian$f9thtrUWr   If  this  betheSubj?!!: 
^f  the  JPfcV^pfaV4i  ^f^n  readily  apply. to^^ 
It,  •  and  embrace  the  Stody^i   If  therci  fap  qo^' 
Ihing  of  this  in  thp  Cafe  i  1  have  nfr  oc^aM 
'    V.VV-  for 


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AH  Aqthoiu  HS' 

for  thisfortof  Learning*,  and  am  no  more  ^^^^ 
defirons  of  knowing  how  I  fonn  or  cpmponnd^^v^ 
thoie  Idids  which  are  fflark'd  by.  Words, 
than  I  am  of  knowing  how,  and  by'wjbat'* 
Motions  of  my  Tongae  or  Hlat, *  I  form^ 
thofe  dnicnUte  Smtds^  whidi  I  can  M  as ' 
weQ  pronounce,  without  any  fiidiSdence  or  [ 
Specnhtion*.  '' 


SECT.    11. 

"DUT  here  it  may  be  convenient  for  me  [ 
*-'  to  quit  my  feif  for  a  while,  in  fiivour ' 
of  my  Reader  i  left  if  lie  prove  one  of 
the  mۤurtiom  Und,  he  ihou'd  raife  a  con-^' 
iiderable  Objefiionin  this  Place/  He  may' 
ask  perhaps,  ♦*  Why  a  Writer  ifor  SHf-\ 
^^'  Entmainnmt  Ihou'd  not  keep  his  Wri-* 
^  tings  to  himfelf,  without  appearing  in 

In  anfwer  to  this  I  (hall  only  fiy,  that 
fora|)pearing»ifPt<fr/jcl,  or hdowthiWarU^ 
I  do  not  readily  conceive  what  our  worthy- 
Obje&er  may  nnderftand  by  it* .  I  haye^ 
indeed,  among  my  Acquaintance,  certain* 
Merchan^  Adventurers  in  th^  Letter-Trade,^ 
who  in  Gorrefpondence  mth  thdr  VzSiot^^ 
BookfeUer,  are  entered  into  anotaUeCom^^' 
L  *  meroe 


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l^iJt/  ApVICJB  TO    ,  ,    . 

VwttilL  mcrce  with,  th^  JVcrld.  -. ,  T^bcy  have  dircftly, ,  ^ 

tereft  with:  FricncJ&i  for  Ryotrr  fidd  ,*ro-i; 
tcfiiafi  on  thiif  ^account.  iThqy  hay©  ^wvi 
tyrM^  -p^haps,  tp  join  tomcrgfeat  M^q^  R^:^ 
putation  witib;:their  owa^  having  pbtaiR'd/ 
his  Permillion  to  addrefs  a  Work  to  Kim,  pa*^ 
pi^efumption  of  its  pafling  for  fometbiog 
coniiderahle  jathQ  Eye^,  oLManlind. ..  One. 

'■  may  imagine  that  fach  patronizM  and  a- . 
vow'd  Authors ^  tlrcift,>oifd'be  Ihrewdly 
diiappointed  if  thi  PubUek  took  no  notice  of 
thwr  Labonrst  .  But  for  my  own  pari,  ^th 
of  no  concern  to  mc,  what  regard  thi  fdbf^. 
Uck  bcftowsi  on  my  Amujcm^nts  9  *>r  ^^ftW; 
what  manner  it  <;omes  acqaaiqted  with  Vha;^ 
I  write  for  my  private  Entertainment^  or  bfy  .,^ 

.  Way  of  Advki  to  fqch  0^  my  Acquaintancev 
as:  are  thns  defperatcly  embarked-         7    J 
.  pris  rcquiiite,  that  my  Friends,  who  pe*  ^ 
rufethefe  jidvias^  ftou^a  read^em  in  better  , 
Gharadiers  than  thole  of  my  own  Hariid*  .^' 
writing.    And  by  good  luck  I  have  a  very;' 
^  Hand  o&r'd^  wluc|i'  ipjay  faye^me  the^ 
trwUe  of  re<Qpyingi  and'^^Q  F^^7  '^^r] 
t^^  me  with  as  s^^y  hanitj^om  Copys  .as  i^  [ 
WQuM  dcfir<;,  fix  mi  owa  and  Friends  S^^ 
^icpv  4  havehftt,  i«d«e<^ 'forbid my -<*«m^^ 


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his  own  Benefit.    What  I  write  is  not  worth  ^» »» ? 
being  made  a  Mjftfcry;    And  ff  it-be  worth  ^^y"^ 
any  one's  porehafing  \  mock  good  may  do^ 
'  the  Purthafer:    *Tis  a  7Vi<^«.I  have -ndi,  } 

fltafe  in;  tho  I  aoddental]y;fcrnUhi  cfa».  1 

Sjbje^-mtttw.I     ••.  .     .--.A.T.      ...!"-.  I 

.  And  ^hfis  .aio>  I  ia  no  wife  more  aar  1 

AoTKoti,  for  being  fwiVMr.   lam  edn^i  \ 

©PUS  to  my  fe^of  no  additional  Virtue,!  .  j 

or dangeroo* <2paMty,  front-Iwving laiaMi 
any.  tinjc  nnder 'the  weight:  «f  that  alphari 
betjck  Engipc  ean»d  tht  fttfu  •  I  )«tow.;nfli  - 

G;on]«njtipn  in  it,  either  With  .refpcditoj, 
Ciwrcb,  pr.gtate.  Hor  an;!  fc^why't^fii 
Machjne  flKju'd  appear  fi>  fwoMdablfr.M: 
Scljolflr^  ap4  renpwn*d  QerKs  \  w^hofe  vcryj 
ftlyftyry  w»d  Fopndatipo  depends  on  the? 
Letter-Manni^nre.  .  Tp  bIJow  Btpefk  tfi,  - 
q»iy,  3Lad,to.rfp4i>*  fkf.frfft^  feems.toi; 
me.to  baye  foniething  of  Croff-pnrpofe  in' 
it|.    I  can  bardiy  nhjpk  that  liw  i^Hity\ 
of  what  is  written,  on  be  ;alter*d  by  thD 
MMner  of,  Writing :  or  that  there  can  be. , 
any  hym  b  a  quIcK  way  of  copying  fair^-r 
and  keeping  Copy$»Jilw.    Why  a  Man  may:, 
not  be  permitted  tP  write  with<fr»»  as  wepf. 
as  Qwt,  I  dn't  conceive  \  or  how  a  Writer- 
cb9ngeshisC»pacity,  by  tlusnewDnfs,  any 
more  tbULby  the  wear  of  Ww»  ^tpcluns,  af-^ ; 
tec  Jwyiog  worn  na  other  Maiufidarc  thaa-: 
ihtKmt'^  L  2  SO 


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*^^^- r  SO  much  for  mj  Reader  i  if  j^\tAn(x^ 
'  hayc  any  belides  the  Friend  or  two  aboyer 
jneAtionM.  For  being  engagM  in  >Afar4//, 
and  induced  to  treat  fo  rigorous  a  Sabjed 
as  that  of  Self-Examinatieni  I  naturally  ^tt 
tomind  the  extreme  Delicacy  and  Tender^, 
nefs  of  modern  Appetites,  in  refpca  of  the 
PW/dyi/»fcy:of  this  kind.  What  Diftafte  poC- 
fiUy  may  havearifen  from  fome  medidnd 
.  '  Dofcs  of  a  like  nature,  adnfinifterM  to  raflr 
Stomachs,  at  a  very  early  Age,  I  will  not 
pretend  to  examine*  Bot  whatever  Manner 
in  Philofophy  happens  to  bear  the  leafi:  TO- 
fembhnce  to  that  of  C^ffclriyiv,  cannot,  ra 
pcrfuaded,  of  it  felf,  prove  very  invitiijg. 
Such  a  fmart  way  of  queftioning  bar  felvea  ^ 
"  inrour  Youth,  has  made  our  Manhood  mott 
averfe  to  the  expoftulatory  Difdpline.  And ' 
tho  the  metaphyfieat  Points  of  our  Belief  are 
by  this  method,  with  admirable  Garc  and 
Caution,  inftil-d  into  tender  Minds  V  yet  the ; 
.manner  of  thus  anticipating >  Philofophy, 
may  make  the  after-work '  of  Reafon,' 'and  * 
.the  inward  Exercife  of  the  Mind,  at  a  rij^r 
;  •  -Age,  proceed  the  more  heavily,'  and  with 
greater  reludance.  ;^    vi:    ^      ' 

It  muifc  needs  be  a  hard  Gife  with  us,' 
after  having  pafs'd  fo  learned  a  Childhood, 
and  :been  inftnided  in  our  owfi'&nd^  otbe^ 
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9kN  AOTHOIU       ,      . 

UghtV  Nkiuresj  Effenees^  incarf^ed  StAfidft-'^M 
w;PefJi^iiyHind  the  like;  to  condc^^"^'^ 
Tccnd  at  rfpcr  Years  to  nioiinate  and  coa  \  , 
tiVerthisLcflbnaTccond  time.  Tb  hard, 
after  haviiig,  by  fo  many  pertinent  Interrp- 
featorys;  and  dedfivc  .Sentences,  declared  \ 

Who,  and  IVluu,  we  are  V  to  come  leifarelyt  | 

In  anotbiet  View,  to  inqoire  concerning  our  | 

Teal  Sitt  and  End^  the  Judgment  we  make  | 

^f  /W#i7^  and  th$  OfinUn  w  kftuf  of  \ 

"A'DTAKTAOB   ofd  GooDt  wUch  mutt  j 

iieceflarily  determine  ns  in  oar  Gondnd:,  { 

imd  prove  the  leading  Principle  of  our  I 

-thres.- 1  •■i•^  '-••    *   ■    ■  '  '      .  .      \ 

.ti  Can  we  bear  looking  anew  into  the(e  i 

Myfteryj? .  Can  we  endure  a  new  Schoolings      .     .  \ 

isfbr  having  once  learnt  our  LeIIbn  from  tbo^  \ 

Worldf  > Jor  by  the  LefTop  of  this  latter  | 

^W,  and  according  to  the  Senfe  I  acquire  ! 

'  :if?hen  I  converfe  with*  fuch  as  are  caU'd  1 

showing  and  Me  Men  i  IhouMi  at  anytime  i 

askmyfclf,  Wbai govenfd mo^  I.fliouM  rea-  \ 

.dilyanfwer,  my  ImtroFl.       **  Butwlliit  is 
'^Jnteroftf   And  how  govern^?        By 
-^  Opinion  and  Fancy.        Is  every  thing   -        , 
;^a ;  therefore  my  Intereft  which  I  fency  fuch  ?     .  ' 

'  **  Or  may  my  Fancy  poffibly  be  wroqg? 
^  It  may.  If  my  Fancy  of  Intereft 
^^  therefore  be  wrong;  can  my  Purfuit  or 
,2  Ai©  :l)^;right?       Haixlly  fo.       Can  I 


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Partlll. "  then  he  fupposM  to  hk^  when  |  Jcnowno^ 
^%P^^  ^  fo  much  as  W^»  4ii»  ?  *"        ; .;  .    :'^ 
/  Aiy  chief.  Inters,  it-ftems'thcreforci, 
*     malt  be  to  get  411  jiimi  ^^  know  cer- 
tainly where  my  Happinel>  and  AdVan- 
'tk$t  lies.         ^*  Where  can  it  )le  but  vilfh 
^\fny  Heafurei  fince  my .  Advantage  .and 
^  Good  can  never  \^ty}x.^  fk/ifnii  And 
5*,  what  is  fUafing^  eaa  never  but  be  nay  A<^ 
^*  Vfintagc  and  Good  J     ;  JExccUent  l\  Let 
^  ^^^7.  ^ercfore.  ^vern,  and ,  bnmflr b? 
^.wbatwi  fUafi.  ,  For  if  that  which /fe(^^ 
*^i«i  be  pur  Good,  iH€4ufi  k  fltrf^s  mH 
^  any  thing  may  be  our  Intbkbst  tot 
*^>  .GooD«     That  which  ^ wf  make  fuch  at 
:   .    ^-  one  time,  we  may  Qnmak«  again  at  4nbV 
Either.    No  one  can  learn  what  rra/Gooft 
^}s.    l5[or  C!ia  any  one  upon  this  foot  b« 
f  Jaid  t^/imitrfiMi  bit  iNTB&feST.'^  .     . 
Ilere,  we  fee,  are  firangeBmbroils!  «-^«* 
'  Bat  let  us  try  to  deal  more  candidly  with 
^r  felves,  and  frankly  own  that  PUafrrc  is, 
no  rule  of  Go 00  j  fince  when ,  we  followr 
fif^dfurs  merely,  we  «re  4ifguftedv  and 
cSiange  from  one  fort  to  apoxber :  condemn 
dlpig:  that  at  one  time  wbich  at  another  we 
eaiT^eiUy  .approve );  and  never  judging  e-* 
.  quatiy  of  Jf^fiftf/H  wjiilft  we  fallow /^j^* 
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«pp<)ittt«4  ai  bc^  i  M  ftiU  i>as  Faith. -^ 

'W«arf'4  vi^t  |hii.  G^^^e,  be  quits  tb^ 

\Cbace.}  r^aotfaecs  the  my  of  Cpurtflup  W 

4S«m^^  and  detdh  the  Gerc^aejay  and  D^ 

-Jcolty  of  thePkafnrc.  «.■■■■.  ..  AtMinSpecifis 

i>f  Ainoors  Invites  him.    Here  too  he  mee^ 

:the  £uAe  loqoietadeattdltteonftancy.  -rrrr 

•Soorniog  to  grow  /»rff/b,  swd  pbinge  in  thr 

loweft  Sink  of  Vk^  he  ibakes  offbis  Inteio- 

■rperancc}  dcipifts  QUumy  and  J^Mtj  and 

hearkens  to  ./li»i>«r;«b    He  grows  a  Man  of 

Bofioefit*  tnd  fteks  A^itihority  and  Eame< — 

>  UA  thii  therefore  ihou'd  be  my  own  cale  \ 
'let  QC  fee  haw  I  can  controul  my  tsmcy^  and 
'fix it^  if  pollible,  on  fometbing  which  may 

hold /^ai.  •^'pi^  When  I  exercife  my  Realbn 
4n  imr^i/  Sabjeds  i  when  I  employ  my  Afik- 

t|oA  in  ffimily  znd  ficidl  Adioas,  I  find  I 
\.  can  at  that  time  fincerely  Wr^  ^fiif^   i^ 

there  J)e  a  Pleafore  thereifon  of  this  kind ; 
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^S^'^"^^^* indalgc'it?  Or  what  hafni'^Wdu^^ 
^^'^'^'^^thtte^  IhQu'd  it^^^  greater  by  Indul^^ 
giiicc  ?  If  I  am  Uiy\  ahd  inddgc  iby  felf«  in^ 
the  languid  Pleafare }  I  know  the  barmy  and^ 
can  fofrefee  rib^  Drone.^  If  I  am  hxurioasi  I* 
know  the  harm  of  this  too ;  and  hare  the  ^ 
ilainProfpeftof  ^if&^  If  Avarice  be  my ' 
Pleafare  \  the  End,  4  Ithow^  is  bdng  a  Mi^^ 
fir.  But  if  Ho N  B  $  1 1  be  my  Delighti  I' 
know  no  other  conlequenco t&om  indulging^ 
iacb  a  Pafliony  than  that  of  growingim^  iyii«[ 
'  ^  ttMr^Bni^njcyingm^reMdmcrithiPUsfitrit 
rf  Society.  On  jthc  other  hand,  if  this  ho^* 
neft  Pleafare  be  loft,  by  knavilh  Indulgence;! 
and  Immorality,  there  can  hardly  be  a  Satif- 
-ftaion  left  of  any  kind  *,  lince  good  Kature' 
.'and  focial  Afiedion  is  lb  eilcntial  even  to  thei 
ffleafures  of  4  De^^nrJlr.       .  /    .  •    ^^i 

-  If  therefore  the  only  Pleafare  J  caa  freely? 
and  without  referve  indulge,  be  that  of  the 
'hiwelt  zvLdtnerMl  kind  ^  if  the  rational  and> 
fodal  Enjoyment  be  (b  conftant  in  it  ielf^* 
\and  fo  cflential  to  Happinefs ;  why  ^ihou^d 
I  not  bring  my  other  Plealbres  tocorriipond 
and  be  Friends^witb  it,  rather  than  railed 
jny  felf  other  Pleafures,  which  are  deftruc^ 
tive  of  thl$  .Foundation,  and  have  no  man-c 
ner  of.C^rrefpondency  with  one  another??: 
^ ;  UpoA  this  bottom  let  me  try  how  I  can 
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fitf  ttt.my  moral Fortrcfi^  againft  the  At- Sg^^  • 

tadcs  whjdi  arcrais^d  ontljc  fide  of  corrupt  ^^^T^^ 
Inweft  and  a  wrongSr//.    When  the  Idea  j 

o| Plcafurc ftrikcs,  la$k my  fc!£    ^  Before- 
^^  I  was  thos  ftmckb;  the  Idea,  was  any 
H  thing amifs  with  me?       No.       Thcrer* 
^,  fore  remove  the-  Idea,  and  I  am  well.     ^ 
^// :  But  having  this  Idea  indijtt.I  now  _.    I 

u  have,  I  cannotwant  the  Thing,  withoat  ^ 

H  regret.  l^  therefore,  which  is  beft: 
^  .either  to  fuSer  ander  this  Want,  tiU  the 
S  Idea  be  remov'di  or  by  'iatisfying  the  [ 

^  Want,  confirm  not  only  this  Idea,  batall  f 

;;  of  theiameStamp*''   .  >| 

...  Inreality,  has  not  wtry  Fancy  a  lilcefri'^  j 

▼ilege  of  paflinjg  \  if  any  fingle  one  be  ad^    *  ^\ 

jnitted  npon  its  own  Autiiority  ?  And  what  j 

jnnft  be  the  Ifiae  of  fncb  an  Oeconomy,  if 
the  whole  &ntaftick  Cm  be  introduced,  and  .f 

theDoorrefas'dto  none?  What  elfe  bat  this-  *  \ 

jpan  lead  to  die  mofl:  diflblnte  and  profligate  1 

of  CharaSers?  What  is  it,  on  the  contrary,  I 

that  raifes  us  to  any  degree  of  Worth  or  -  | 

Steddineis,  bat  a  dired  contrary  Pradice        .      -  j 

and  Condod  ?  Can  there  be  Strin^tb  of  Mind } 

can  there  be  Commmijuvtr  ^y^V  [^V\  if  the 

Ideas  of  Pleafure^  the  Suggeftions  of  Fancy/ 

atfd  theftrong  Pleadings  of  Appetite  and 

Defite  are  not  often  withftood,  and  rir^F^iry/ 

themfelvesfoandlyrepnmanded,andbr6aght     '  '\      \ 

UndprSabjedion?  That  \ 

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^ti;4  A  &  VICE  TO  * 

'  ci^rii-^^^'Thas*  it  appiars  that  the  method  of  ciai 
fc/y%^  ininfng  our  Ideas  is  no  pedalltick  Pradicew 
Not  is'  there  toy  thiog  on-galaate  in  th« 
inanner  of  tlVasqaeftioningtheXj^^^ 
which  t>refeQt  themfelves  ^%  charming!^ 
drefsMas  pofli6le  to  fonicit  their  Caulb,  tod 
V      obtain  a  Judgment,  by  favour  of  that  wdrfS 
Fart,;  and  corrupt ^Sstf,  to  Whom^  they 
•  '    '     make  their  Application.'  ^^^  • '  '' " 

;•   It  may  be  juflly  fald  of  tScfc,  that  thcjf 
ire  very  powetful  SolUci^effeu   Tliey  never 
fiem  to  importune  as  v  thothey  are  wht  ia 
I  odr  Eye^  and  meet  us  which  ever  way  we 

turn.    They  underftand  better  how  to  ma« 
.  xiage  their  Appearance,  than  -  by  always 
['  ^  *    throwing  np  their  Veil,  and  fliewlng  theif 

>  Faces  openly  in  a  broad  Light,  to  run  fih« 

Panger  of  cloying  our  Sight,  or '  expoCng 
their  Features  to  a  ftrift  Eocamination.  ^ 
£if  are  they  from  fucb  a  Forwardnefs,  that 
they  often  ftand  as  at  a  dilbance ;  fufiering. 
ns  to  make  the  firft  Advance,  and  contenting 
themfelves  with  diloovering  a  fide  Face,  bt 
^  beftowing  now  and  then  a  gUnce  in  a  myftto- 

rious.  manner,  as  if  they  endeavonr'd  to 
conceal  their  Per(bns*  -      v     ^^ 

•  One  of  the  moft  dangerous  of  thefe  Eur 
^iumtr$ff$$  appears  in  a  fort  of  difinal  Weed, 
with  the  moft  mournful  Countenance  imav 
i;^blei  often  caftln^  up  lierByes^  and 

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jirringiog  her  Hands  j  lb  tliaf  tb  iinpofljbk,  Se&x 
.not.tobe  mov'4  by  her*  tiU  ber.Impofture     ^o 
iw  fialiy  koowDt  and  ber  Meamdg  confido'd. 
.The  Airs  toe  borrows,  are  ftom  the  Tragjck 
\M9&  Mzt90UBjHM'     Nor  U  Ibc  in.hcr 
!^wn;Peribaa&7  way  amiaWe  or  attraSiTe.  ^ 

Far  from  it.   Her  Art  is  to  tender  her  fetf 
'as  li»rbidding  as  poffiUci  that  .her  isifters. 
oiay  by  her  means  be  the  more  allarlng' 
.AndiiF  by  her  tragick  Afpea,  and  melan- 
choly Looks,  IhecanperfaadeQS  that  Vtstb 
<ivhom  Jhe  reprefents)  i\  foqb  a  hideous 
^orm  ;  fhe  oonqaers  in  behalf  of  the  whole 
faataftick  Tribe  of  wantpn,  gay,  and  food 
DeCres.     Efieminacy  and  Cowardice- in- 
.ftantly  prevail.    Thepooreft  .;*&*«  of  Ufe    • 
grow  in  Repute,  when  the  End/  and  jufi 
Cmditittu  of  it  are  fi>  Uttie  known,  and  the 
Dread  of  parting  with  it  rais*d  to  fo  high 
M  degree.    The  more  eagerly  we  grafp  at 
Mfet  the  more  impotent  we.  arc  in  the 
'Enjoyment  of  it.     By  tins  Avidity,  its 
.very  .Lees  and  Dregs  are  firollowM :  the 
ideas  of  fordid  Plea^re  advanced.   Worth, . 
Manhood,  GeneroCty,  and  all  the  nobler 
Opinions  and  Sentiments  of  htnefi  OtU 
ta&virtuoMPUsfitrt^  diGi'p^Tf  zcA  tifhC' 
,fore  this  ,^»«w  •/ 7«rr»«r/»        -  •     •   •    • 
r*Tis  a- mighty  Delight  which  a  Ibrt  of 
.fOunter'-Pbilofophet^'idQtin  fteonding  this 
jf^^ '<:-..:  fbtaami^ 


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^^^JBjPWww^  and  pkTioglier  npon  otirtJ&d^ 
(^-li^'ftandings.  Whenever  they  woa'di tikftoccais 
lion  to  confound  *eni.  The  vitioos  Poits 
employ  this  Speder  too  on  their  fide  i*  tho 
after  a  different  manner.  By  the  help  6f 
thl$  tragick  Aarice,  they  gain  a  feirer  Aor 
dience  for  the  lujrarious  FancysJ  and'giW 
their  E  a  a  t  o  s  and  other  playfomelWij/J> 
.  -  a  fuller  Scope  in  the  fupport  of  Riot  aaJ 
Debauch.  The  gloomy  Profpea  of  Dea^ 
-  becomes  the  Incentive  to  PleaTures  of  the 
loweft  Order.  -#«  and  51IWr,'tbc  r«9it 
and  Cffrtfs^  are  made  to  ferve  as  Foib  tc^ 
lauewj.  The  Abhorrence  of  an  infenfible 
State  makes  mere  Vit^ty  and  Aniinal'Sen^i' 
iatioA  highly  cherifliM,  i  -"  ■  ■  ;' 

■  fi .   .^    trvm  tfi     .  ,'..•■  ,r;  ;,i.^:.;-.o, 

-      n,     '{^  «»«5f;  CSmtf  iS' MmUr.fi?  ttn 
.twUfitt,  .   .;,.;■•),.;"-;■■;  ■-•..-•3 

*ftt  no  wonder  if  Luxury  profit^ .  by  ^tb«^ 
•  Peformity  of  this  Speder-Opinion,  and  kir 
yites  OS  to  Uvtfafi^aocordia^  to  her4>ivi| 
felfe  meafiire  of  U^j.  when  the, nobler 
Pleafiires  of  it  are,  by  the  Dread  of  Death, 
and  that  intenle  Sdfiihnefs  and  Meanneff  ^ 
whidii  aocompanys  it,  reduced  p^  lov^^  ^an^ 
In.  a  manner  brongbi  fo  nothing. 


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'  Barjhete  a  lovely  Form  advances  to  cor 

Affiftance,  inttodac*d  by  the  prime  Mufe^ 

the  beaateoos  Caliiovb.   ^e  fliews  na 

what  real  ScMOy  is,  and  what  thofe  Nvtdttrt 

are,  which  make  life  perfeft,  '^and.beftow; 

the  chief  Enjoyment.    She  lets  Flntiw  before 

our  .'Eyes,  and  teaches  ns  how  to  rate  Life, 

^m  the  Experience  of  the  moft  hermdc 

Spirits.    She  brings  her  Afters  Clio  and 

Vkamia  to  fopport  her.    From»iw/«r- 

mer  Ihe  borrows  whatever  is  memorable  in 

Hiftory,  and  antient  Time,  to  confront  the 

tra^ck  Speder,  and  ihew  the  fixt  Contempt 

which  the  happieft  and  freeft  Ilations,  aa 

wdl  as,  fingle  Heroes,  and  private  Men. 

worthy  of  any  Note,  have  ever  exprefs*d, 

for  that  Imjpoftrefs.    From  tbt  Utffr  Ihe 

borrows  what  is  fobliineft  in  Philofophy,  ta 

exjplain  the  Laws  of  Niatore,  the  Order  of'  { 

the  Univerie,  and  rqprefentto  as  the  Jnft  .1 

tice  of  accompanying  this  amiable  Adminir  1 

ftration.  ShelhewsusthatbythisjaftCom-;  1 

pliance  we  are  made  happieft:  and  that  the  ''     \ 

meaiare  of  a'teppy  tafeis  notfirom  t^^^     <         .  1 

fewer 'or  more  Sans  which  we  behold,  the;  I 

'feWer  or  more  Breaths  we  draw^  or  Meali   *  ',\ 

we  eat;  bat'firom  the  having  mm /^vyvfiSr,^ 

•adedour  j'jrfhand&mly,  and 'made  ott^ 

Exit  chearfuBy,  and  as  becameas,.  ; ' '  *   '  * 

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1^'rtJII.  ..  Thus  wcrctaia  on  Vi^oe^  fide  the  no- 
Vjy'^bkft^artyof  titt-Mufes,^  Whatcyw.  U  W 
gait  among  tiiofe  Sifters,  .apj?ears  readily  jtt'[ 
ourbchalE    Nqr  aretiempjrcjocond.lidy* 
wanting  in.  their  Affiftauce^  when  they  ^8&: 
ift,  the  Pcrfeaiott  of  tbcitr  Art,  and  in-; ' 
fpire  fome  better  Cenios'ft  in  this  kind  of 
Poetry,;  .Sacji  were  the  noMcr  lyrifh^  aa£ 
tjjofc  pf^c^Utiorf  and  n^r*  r^tUd  Cmoif 
of  the  4i^ients..:  .The  Tw ♦!.» aV,  the 
-  Po i vjiiK^ A*s, ;  the  :![ j»'n ?.» V  c 6  ia!», 
theBo  T  a  a*  ^h  willinglypin-their  Partii 
and  being  alike^intere^e4;i%:  the  Caoll?  of : 
iTwa^w^,  aw  ^ith  regret  ej^o^ploy^d  anothfcr 
^ay;  in  %purof  tHJWdtr^;  Jpftead  of  bet- 
ing made  ij^rm  to  ferve  the;  Pqrpofe  of  ; 
Viai.  they  wou'd  with' morpdcUght^oQom^.,' 
piny,  theuj;  elder  Sifter*,;  and  add  their;  , 
<5racei  and  attractive  Chwros  to  v?ba|;  jsj  ' 
moi^  Hahnbnions,  MuTerlilue,  and  Diyioe'ift  ' 
homan  Life*   There  b  this  di^rence.pnli^  ' 
between  thefe  and  the  more  heroick  Dap^  i^  ' 
ihattheycih  more  ealUy  bejp^Tverted^.^nfL  [ 
^ke  the-.vitions  i^orm.   For  who  but,  fpinft  [ 
l^onftcr,  mbei  than  Master,  juoi  the  jPo^  ;^ 
tick  Art^  con'd  bring  t^^^^ 
■     liinfe-  to  ^ft  the  Pand^,  jar  4^  fob&!rvi6»t}  ' 
0  J&Seminacy.^  and  Gonrardice?   'ti$  .noA:  ; 
agjdnft  Death, J^wrdi  pr  ;Tpi|«,  ?h»t:Trgrv 
gedy  and  the  heroick  Fable  are  pointed. 

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'Tk  not  mrr#JUff  which  is  here  exalted^  or  ^^^' 

has  its  Price  cnbancU    On  the  contrary,  its  ^^^V^' 

Gaiainit^s  are  ezpos'd  t  the  piiordcrs  of  thct 

Faffions  fet  to  view:  Fortitude  reoommeon 

ded :  Honour  advand'd :  the  Contempt  of: 

Qeath  {dac'd  as  the  pecnlbr  Note  of  every. 

generous  and  happy  Soul}  and  the  teaft^ 

cioBS  Love  of  lifie,  as  the  trueft  Charader 

of  an  abjcft  Wretch.      Vfyu  udean  jmri^ 

mijlerum  9fif       . 

*'    7Tis  not  p  be  imaginM  how  eafily  we- . 

deal  with  the  deluding  Affmtims  and  ikUe' 

Ideas  of  Happinefs  and  Good}  when  this* 

frlghtfiil  5jpf ff^  of  Mifery  and  ID,  is  after* 

tlus  mnner^w^^^  lay'd,  and  by  honeft  Ma*-" 

gick  cbnjur'd  down  \  fo  as  not  to  give  thc> 

leaft  i^flilfcance  to  the  other  tempting  Fmus.* 

This  is  that  ^r«/r  Science^  or  fort  of  conn-* 

UT^Nccramancy^  which  iiJtcad  of  Ghaftli-v 

nefs  and  Horrour,  inipires  only  what  }S;^ 

gentle  and  humane,  and  difpels  theimpp«) : 

ling;  Phantoms  of  every  kind.     He  may, 

pafs  undoubtedly,  ..fiwr  no  mean  Ccpjttnr^ 

•who  candeal  with  Spirits  of  thisfort* ,* 

But  told !   Let  us  try  the  Experimcnp  ii{ 

due 'form,  and  draw  the  magick  .Cirde.^ 

tet  us^^  obferve  how  the  inferiour  i«p/  ap- 

^^^  ^^^^  the:H«d-<7^/;?  |s_  to 
laidiM^w 

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i6o  Advicb  TO: 

FartlQ^     Seel  The  Encbantrefs  tuDOznutt  pte^ 
^^^>^  fcnts  her  fdf,  in  aU  the  Pomp  of  Eafe  and 
Uzj  Luxory.     She  promifes  theiWietefl: 
^Lifey  and  invites  as  to  .her  Pillow  i  injoins 
us'  to.  expofe  onr  fclves  to  no  adventnrofls; 
Attempt}  acd  forbids  ns  any  Engage*^ 
meat  which  may  bring  as  into  A£lionf 
•  ^  Where^  then,  are  the  Pleafurcs  which 
^  ^  -AnAition  promifes,*  aod   Iavc  afibrds? 
**  How  is  the  gay  World  cnjoyM?    Or 
,       --   ^  are  thole  to  be  cfteemM  V  PUafuresy 
^'  which  are  loft  by  Dallhefs  and  Inadion? 
**-     Bat  Indolaici  is  the  higheft.Pleafare. 
;      •^'"  To  live,  aad  not  to  feel!       To  feel 
^  ho  IlL        What  Good  then?     .  £iyi  it 
'**  felf.       And  is  this  properly  to  live?. 
*^  Is  flceping,  Life}    Is  this  what  I  Ihoa^d 
•*  ftady  to  prolong ?  '  V. '   '^-  Here  the 
fMtafiick  Tribe  it  felf  fecms  fcandalizM.    A 
Civil  War  begios.    The  major  part  of  thc^ 
capridoos  Dames  range  themlelves  oaRea* 
yiffV  fide,  and  declare  againft  the.langaid 
/  S  Y  a  B  N.     Ambition,  bluflies  at  the  ofier'd  , 
.       S^ittt.    Conceit  and  r4w>;*tiake  fuperioar 
Airs.    Bven  Laxary  her  felf  in  her  polite 
«hd  elegant  Hamoar  reproves  the  Apoftate-^ 
Sifter,  and  marks  het  as  ai  Alien  to  trae. 
Pleafarc    -  -  -  '  **  Away  thoa  drowfy 
^  Phsmoml    Haant  me  no  more.    For*  1 
M  have  leartfd  from  better  than  thy  Sifters 
'     :!...^  **  hood 


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«  hood,  that  Ufe  and^appinefi  (ionfiftiJS^.1s.^ 

Bat  here  a  bufyFonnfiillidtsos}  adiVe»' 
indttftrioos,  watchful,  aad  dcfpifiiig.  Pain^* 
a(id  Labour.    She  wears  the  ferions  GouH' *  j 

tenaoce  of  Virtue,  but  with  Features  of  .        [ 

Anxiety  and  Diiquiet.     What  is  it  flie'^  •  j 

mutters?    What  looks  flie  on,  with  fiich'^  | 

Admiration  and  Aftonilhmeat?-  ■  t  'I  '* 
Bags!   Gofiersl   Heaps  of  fliining  Metal!'  i 

«*:  What?  for  the  Service  of  iKxwyf'  ' 

**.  For  btr  thefe  Preparations?    Art>thoa'  j 

"then  Air  Friend  (grave  Fancy!)  is  it  for;*  ^^i  j 

«*c  her  thou  tpilil  ?  "     Ko,  :bnt  fi»  Ptiwri-"  . :  Vj 

**.fion  againft  Want.  .  But,  Luxury  a-' 
**.  part !  ten  me  now,  haft  thou  not  already** 
<*  a. Competence?       *Tis  good  to  brie-'*  j 

**..  cure  againft.  the  fear  of  Tftanring.   orflr*      ^ 
**•  there  then  no  Death  but  rbV/:  I^o  other' 
**  Paflage  out  of  Life?    Are  other-DOOir^*  i 

*»  fccur'd,  if  this  be  bart»d  ?  ,  Say,  Ava^'  j 

^  kicb!  (thou  emptyeft  of  Phantoms)' it'  ..       \ 

«*  it    not'  mere  Cmdrdhe   thou  ferv*ft?  [ 

^..Wha£  have  I  then  to  do  with  thee,  When      v  i 

^  oncel  have  diffflifiMthyPatrone^'ind-  I 

«MdcfpisM  her  Threats?**     '  •   -  -^  ..  j 

vThus  I  contend  with  Eorcy  and  ^/MiSnr'v' 
i^d  fearch  the  Mint  and  Foundery  of  -  Ji^.> 
ghutim.  For  here  tiie  Appetites,  and  De-' 
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qpinage}  I  am  lafe.       «»  ««/  wait  a 
*^.|{?l»ile  till  .1 .  have  examioM  thee,  whence;  • 
♦*  tbod  art,  and  tO;  whom  thon  retahi'ft.  • 
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*.        '^thoo  promiie only ?/r4/w'#?  ^ Say!  what ^ 
''ilaal  I  to  ficrifice  for  thy  lake?   What 
".-Hoaoor  ?  ■  What  Truth  t  What  Man- 
Mfbcjod ?*-:—.'  What  Bribe  i$  it  thoa' 
*^^ittg,1D:  along  with  thee?   DeTcribe  the 
«^; flittering  Objedj  but  without  Flattery-,* 
**i{d^,  as  tiie thing  is*,  Without  addition," 
«».IwithOut  fparlng  or  referve.    Is  it  Wtdtbf.  * 
«*Jsvit  Jei^r*/  a  Tttlf?   or  a  F(nulef[ 
*'i!Qomc  not  in  a  Troop  (ye  Fanqrs!)  Briag 
•   "-Jiot'yoarObieascrouding,  to  confouod' 
**cti»e  %BtJuf  But  let  me  examine  your 
*S*r»«A  and  »7»;fte  diftinftly.    Think  hot ' 
♦^JOfaifeaocumolatlveHappinefs.    Ptorif 
**./fti*rately;  you  contribute  nothing  iV 
*$i  GBojuadidn  you  can  only  amule;*!-' 

.WH,IL5 T  ;i  am  thus penningia'  5*/#/»^y 
itt.J&>rmy\.Ixatft  forbear  reflcding  on  mjr" 
\york.  Andwhenlviewthemanner.of  it' 
t^h:  a  ^briliar  £ye  •,  I  am  readiei^,  I  find,* 
tq..i«akc  in.ymf  DiverCon  oh  this 'Occafidn^- 
thai^  to  fnppole  my  fdf  in  -^^gdod  earneff^-. 

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<•  bttfy-  toy  fdf;  wiih*  Pbantdtos2  fgW  ""^  ' 
**  With  Appatiti^ns  dad  Cfaiinef^?  -'  Ftf 
*< 'certain I-  Or  tbeCfaiiiieras.wili  bo  be^fd* 
<*  hand. with JDv and btrfy tSenffelyes  fiyas 
^  to  get  the  betttr  of  my  Unddrftafldlhg. 
«f-  Whatt  .T&lfc  fcfr  my  iW£  lilttf/fome 
**'  MMinum;  in  difl^ent  Perfona  afid  ttffidelf 
Mdifiirent  Cbaraaersl  .:-i  vUndoubUiaiy'!  ! 

**  or  'twin  be  (bon  leen  who  is  t  ttdlAUik  \ 

^  *um,  and  bilges  tbaifd&tr  ih  earjftft,  {. 

**  witbodt kaaWing  how  to  heQif  it**." '  :v. \-l 
-  This  indeed,  is 'bafi(6d  ctrtido)  Tfaatias 
lotDg.as  we  enjdy  a  MtM&>as  I6fig ai.w< 
bare  Affttitei  and  Satft,  the  Ftueft  of:  xU 
llinds  Will  be  bard  at  work  Mod  wbathkr.#S 
it^  in  corni^iiy,  oi*  alone^  they  tas&  laogi 
ftitr,  and  be  a&ive;  'Hwy  nmfl:  have tfael^ 
Field*  -Th4  Qpeftioa  is*:  Whefhet  thejr 
fbaU  have  it  wholly  t6  tbebfelvcii  or  wbd« 
tjier  tbey'lhaQ'faa^dibmeci»lfrA</ir  or^4>  | 

HMgtr,    If  nbne^  *tistMs#i&dr«  thatkiids     . 
V9  Mnitttft,    Tis  this,  and.  nothing  elft,  '\ 

Chat  can  be (iatt*d  Maintftm  Ufi  tf  R»Mfin,  \ 

]Sot  if  Fadqr  be  left  Jodg  of  any  thing  ^  Hie  I 

mofl;  be  Jadg  of  aQ.   Every  thing  is  right,  if  < 

aajfthiflgbtibtbecaafe/ykAr/iV.  «*  The 
t*  Hoafe  turns  rounds  •  Ko^  bat  diy 
^*  £(tiad  tufTAi.  •  X  hitrefrGiddiners:  ihat*s 
^  aHrt'  *Ti>'  by  loeani  tbbrefore  of  « 
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jj^tt  lit  Cohtfouler .'  and  CbrreSor  o€  Fancy,  that' 

*i^V%Ji;am  fav'dfroiit  being  lilad.    Othcrwifei 

^tiithe  Houfi  tuni/i  when  I  am^ddy. '  ^it 

ibki^i  that  change,  (fet  ib  I  muft  fnppofc) 

.  wheh  my  PaffliH  merely,  or  Temper  changes* 

.S-<»lBat  r wai  pat  of  Order.    I  dreamt. 

«5rr:  Who  tcBk  me  thi$?v  Who 'but  the 

^%!G9rr^£(riV«,  by  whole  means  I  am  In  my 

fV  Wits,  and^ithout  whomlam  no  longer 

/J!  Every  JVfan  who  k  not.  abfolately  beltdb 

himrdf,  muff  of  neceffity  hold  his  Fancys 

mider  Xbme  kind  of  Difcipline!  and  MaQagc* 

ment.    The  ftrilter  this  DifdpUne  is,  the 

.itiore>  the  Man  is  rational  and  in  his  Wits# 

The hoferit is,  the  more  fitntaltidd  he  mnli: 

be,'  and  the  nearer  to  the  Madman's  State* 

,  "This  is  a  Bdlinefs  which  can  never'  ftand  fiill. 

%  xanft  ilvdkji  be  Winner  pr  Lofer  at  the 

^me.>  Either  J  work  upon  my  Fancys,  or 

•they  on  ibe.  /If  7  give  Quarter,  fThey  won*t. 

Orhere  can  be:  no.  Truce,  no  Sufpenlion  of 

tArms  between  .us. ,  The  one  or  the  other 

.muft  be  fuperiour,  and  have  the  Command. 

:Foc  if  the  Fancys  are  left :  to  thcmfclves, 

'   lihp  Government  mult,  of.  courfc,  be  theirs. 

.  ;And  then,  what  difierence  bejcween  fuch  a 

"    /    .  State  and  Madnefs?    .        r,  j    :    :;   ^ 

^'.vTheQpefti^a  therefor^  is.tbe  famehere^ 

^aiin^n  Aw/jf,  pr.ifei{/*^/J,  ivhen  *cis  .?sk?d 

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^oeftionsi  or  who  u  tsdkM  widi,  and'wlib 
qoeftionMl    For  if  the  Servants  take  ^iht^ 
former  part)  they  are  the  Mafters,^ add  iit  ] 

Government  of  the  Hoofe  Win  be  foond^  \ 

inch  as  naturally '  may  be . expefted  in  iieCel  \ 

Circumftancci.    -^^  *      *  *    '.     .  ^    :'.'^  1 

How  ftands  it  therefore,  in  my'  jl>wn  Oeij  ! 

.  oonomy,  my 'principal  ProYince  and  Com*^  .    | 

mand?    How  ftiand  my  Funcysi   How  do"  ! 

they  deal  with  me  ?    Or  do  I  take  upon  me^  i 

to  deal  with  thmt    Do  I  talk?  -  Or  am^  |' 

talk'dwitb,  and  contented  to  hear  without^  ,  ! 

giving  a  Reply  ?:  If  I  vote  with  Fahcy^  acid^  ; 

)Qdg  of  Happinefs  and  Miioyas  ihe  jadges;]  1 

how  am  I  myfilff  r.;: :/i) no     .  .1  ,r:ii  \ 

•  He  who/iha  Plainimagmes  Prirr^i^«/a£'  [ 

his  Feet,  impending  Je#c2/'^6yer  his  H^d*;'  | 

foars  baifting  'Clouds  in  a^  clear  Sky^  'ttfi  : 

Bnl    Dilugit    Eiinh^^U4iki''6T   Thmdcri  \ 

when  all  is  quiet ;  does  he  not  rave  ?.>  But  ; 

one  whofc  Eyes  ftrike  Flr^^^^  \ 

whofe  Head  isohly  giddy^  from  the  Motion  | 

of  a  Ship,  when  he  has  been  newly  fit  a*'  ! 

(bote}  orone  who  from  alSiftempn^'^b^^^ 

Ears  heart  thundrinip  Noifes^  diQ  readily 

redrefs  thefe  federal  Aj^^  j 

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mit,  by  degree^  . :  At  firft,.  flie.)iai<rtfa( 
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Land,  which  ftoed  out  like  a'  Proipohcocy    . 
before  him^  and  £em*d  toiecUpft  his'Gfoifyv 
A-fidr  richlfiaad,  which^wasolQiebyi]»<£^ 
iented  It  ielf  next,  and  as  it  were  ns^r^ltf 
invited  iConqocft.    >Tbe' op^te  Ooaft 
came  next  in  view.    Then  the  OontiQciiF 
on  each  (ide  the.. larger  Sea^    And  then 
(what  was  eafieft  of  atl,  and  woa'd  follow 
of  ooar&)  the  Dominion  both  of  Sea  and 
Land.  •     *^  And  What  wtxt?  Wlat  flufl 
**  wedo,  when  we  are  tlra»  happy,  and 
*»  have  our fott  Wife?    '  V^ 
**  fit  down,  and  begood-Cbmpany-over'i  "^ 

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*^  from  doing  -  the  fame,' '  where  we  now 
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^  ^grow  better  ?  '  Shall  we  be  more  fecdr^ 
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\*^fo  much-asTagseft.''  FAHCYrin<the 
'iDcha  whUc  carryM  Kcr  point/vFor  (hc:  wiai 
labfolate  over ' the  Monarchv wd ^ had  beea 
too  little  talk'd  to  ly  fcrrl/rfft  to  bear'bdxig 

-  tfiprbvM :  in  rComf49y.  ^/  The  Prince::  grcir. 

•         /  ittlleh  J  tumM-'the  Difcotirfc  j :  abhor'd  the 

PtX)fanatioa  cfietM.  to  his  i  SbwreignrEm^ 

*  prtfi.i?::dchVeif'd  up  his  Thoughts:  to /her 
AgaAft -with  deepDevotion,  and  fell  to  cbni* 
^iicring  with,  all: his 'Mightj  r!The  Soond 

.  Grfipfi  play'd  .befcrre.  his  Byes,  •  r  What: > as 
tWszbut OiddhffiMiDj^dm? ii  j^^^ 
«noorreaed^ .  cWorlds  dancing?;  .:*PhantOmi 

inir  '.  •:   :••  .;:.'•:  r.-^\'.  nO  ti.'f  •^■'^    .:::i^ 

.  ?! r^ii  CAfy  to  btjing  the  HeroV.CaSt  hom« 
p.  pur  (elves  ^  and  fee^  in  the  ordinary.  (Cir^i 
cumitances  of;|ife|  hQyv/^nf^,  :Um(#V(Mfi 
l(n4  the  gayer  Tribe  of,  Fancfs,  Cw  well  at 
"  the  gloomy  and  dark  Sf^Bm  of.  anothef' 
<brt)  prevail  pyer-our  Mind. '..  TTis  eafy,  to 
fee  how  they  work  upon  us,  when  we  think 
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the  vencfDaching  Sorcerejfis:  Qa  this  k  }hf^^  '  * 
that  our  offered  Ad v  ic  i/  and  Method  of  ^^^ 
SoLitbqjDT  depends.  And  whether  or 
tto  this  be*  of  uTe  towards  'making  us  "any 
' wifer  or  happier  r  I  ^d^  confident,  it  muft 
help  to  make  us  the  winter  znd  foUter.  It 
muft,  beyond  any -other  Sdence,  teach  us' 
the  Turns  of  Humour  and  PaJDBon,  the  Va-  .  ■ 

'riety  of  Manners^*  the  Juftnefs' of  Gharac-. 
ters,  and  Truth' of  Things;  which  when  i 

we  rightly  underftand,  we  may  naturally 
dercribc.'  And  on  this  depends'chicfly  the     ^  I 

SkiU  and  Art.  of  s  goci  Wrhir.    So  that  if  | 

to  write  wiS  ':e  a  Juft  pretencie  to  Merit; 
Vis    plain,    that    Writersj    who  are  apt  I 

to  fct  no .  fmall*  Value  on  their  Art,  mafi:  *      | 

xonfefi  there  Jsfomething  valoable  in  this  - 

filf-examining '.  Eraaicc,  and  Method  of :  i»t        » 
SfardCetoeptj/.      L  •■•\*.'.        :r.'-/.  *.•  " 'T  ^  t 

.  :  As.for  tbeWriter  ef  thefe  Fdfers  (as  mo?- 
dcrn -AtfW/ are  pkasVl  modeftly  to  ftile 
4d)emireives)  he.is  contented,\forhLi.part,    . 
.totakeup  with  this  Pradice,  barely  for  his  .         | 

own  iiroper.  Benefit  and .B.ehoof;  without  :\ 

teg^td  to  the  i)igh ;  Fundio^  or  Capacity  i 

cS  Author.  ^  Itmay  be  allowed  him,  in  this 
particular,  to  imitatcf  *^e  beft  Genius  and 
inoft  G^ntle^^n^Iike  of  >K0OT4if  P(3cts. .;  And 
tho  by:  an;  Excefs  of  DuUnefs,  it  IhouM  be 
)iis  mi$&rtone  ta  learn  nothing  of  liis.  Wit^ 
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j)  F^rtkm  fxeepit^  defvm^  ^mif  ^lirfifiipr 

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j'_>;' ■.  ;.   c.lv/     A.  •■(!.•.  ?(  ; '.    :•■  ■';.;."  'C::^  i 

tjTTE  aw  nbwarriv'd  t»  that  part  rf^ 
^  Vv  .  our  Ptfrformanc^'  where  it .  becomes ' 
w  to  aft  ditr  Eyel>ac)c,>  onwfaat  hai  paf$*d»'' 
The  Obfervers  of  Method  geoerally  inake^ 
Has  the  VU<;eofJiitafUtibithii.  Other  At^? 
tifts  hare  fubftitatedtbeFra&iceof.Aro!>^3 
XOOT,  or^£x»«0«<»>«i.  For  Athei^ntid**.' 
patiflg  Manner  of  prefiitorir '  Hi&aatSs,  'JsX 
txto  weB  Wwn,  to  work  '^Mf.  Gttipn&a$*^ 
fed  in  the  ^Author's' behalf  t'^'t^^r^-lwing^ 
/  IkiDome  only  iinother  word  to  figmfy  £xci^ : 
Befides  that  the  Author  is  generally  tlieinoft! 
ftralten*d  in  liiat  preliminary  Kirti,-whi£h\ 
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ioite^  manQcr  t»  Teoonqte  bis  Reader  to 
thoic  Fa«l;s^  wbicb  be  dutftsratbertoex* 
cafe  tban  to  ameod*' 

Geoeral  PraQice  has  made  this  ^  occeflary 
Part9f£legaoce»  hardly  to  be  pa&'d  over 
by  any  Writer.-  Tis  tho  chief  Strata* 
gem  by :  which  .be  en^ges  ia  peribaal  Cpiw 
fereoce  with  his  Reader;  and  ca«  tallc 
immoderately  of  JfS^^elft  with  all  tbt 
feemiag  Modefty  of  one  who  i$  the  for- 
thefl;  from  any  iUfiih  Views,  or  concdted 
Tbonghts  of  his  owa  Merit, ,;  There  ap- 
pears fqch  a  pecoliar  Grace.-aod  logemiity 
ia  the  method  •of^cqpfciOag.iazioefiy  Pre? 
cipit^oqr,  Carelefi^eis^  or  yvhatever  other 
Vices  have  been  the  occafion  of  .the  AQthor*! 
Pcfideocyv that it.woa*dieem.a.Pityi  had 
the  \Vor|c  it:&lf'  been  brought  to  foch 
P<}i:fe^ioo,  as  to  baye  left  no  room  for  the 
penitent  Party  to  enlarge  o«  his  JPtmtriu, 
J^orj^om  themnltiplidty  of  tbefefbefinds 
3ni)je$to  i|>grati«te  himfelf.witbUr^M^; 
wb^ .  donbtle^;  .is  apt  a  little  rais*d  by  this 
SobmiiSon  of  .^..ps/^j^f  ^^  i 

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Partl|i.''ln  the  galantc  World,  indeed^  we  fiod 
^^^^^^^^how  far  a  Humility  of  tHs  kind  preyail?. 
They  who  hope  to  rife  by  MBKiT^^are 
likelieft  to  be  difappolnted  in  their  Preteor-' 
fions.  The  confeffing  Lover,  who*  afcribcs 
all  to  the  Bounty  of  the  Fair  one,  meets  his 
Reward  the  (boner,  for  having'  ftady\14ers 
how  to  deferve  it*  For  Msr.it  is  gene^ 
rally  thought  prefumptious,  and  fuppos'd 
to  carry  with  it  a  certain  Aflurance  and 
^  Eafi,  with  which  4  Miftrefi  is  not  fo  well 
tontcnted."  The  Claim  of  well  deferving 
leems  to  derogate  from  the  pure  Gface  and 
Favour  of  the  BemfaBrice  \  who  then  ap- 
pears to  -her  felf  moft  ibvereign  in  Power, 
and  likelieft  to  be  obeyed  without  refervc^ 
when  (he  beitowsher  Bounty,  where  thienrc  i^ 
|»ft  Tiile,' t>r  Pretenfion.  -  ^  , ;  :  ^^.i  / 
^;  Thus^  a  certain  Adoration  of  *:the  Sck^, 
ifvhich  paflcs  in  our  Age  without  tb^  leaft 
Charge  xd  Profanenels^  or  Idolatryy  m&y, 
ddcording  to  vulgar ;Iniag^ation,ferve*t6 
)uftify  tbefe  gatitnti^  Friarysi-  in  the  imitation 
^  the  real  j?^//fiVjKr  and^27rtfm«v  'Tbetxh^ 
thod  of  Abafement  may  be  thought  the  pro- 
^pmft  to  make  Approaches  to  thefeShrin^^^^^ 
'And  the  'initire  Refignatibnof  Merit 'ixiii^ 
'in  thefeCales,  be  efteem'd  the  ooly-grdun<i 
of  wen  defervipg.    But  what  vw'zSl^^^ 


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AN   AUTHOk.  171 

ihixiks»  be  made  a  Prcoedcht,  in  fivour  of  S^l^^ 
tht  WarU.    Whatever  Deference  is  dne  to  ^^V%f 
that  Body  of  Men  -whom  we*  call  Readern  . 
we  may  be  fuppos'd  to  treat  'em  with  faffi* 
cient  Honour}  if  with  thorow  Diligence^ 
and  Pain^  we  endeavour  to  render  our  Wlnris 
perfedi  and  leave  'em  to  jadgof  the  Per- 
ibrmance,  as  they  are  able. 
:  HowevtrdifficoltitmaybefbrtheArtift 
of  any  kind  to  bring  ferft^Un  into  his 
Wor&i  if  he  has  not  at  leaft  the  /i^4  of 
.Prf:/%£FiVir  to  give  him  Aim,  he  win  be  found 
very  defedtve  and  mean  in  his  Performance* 
Tho  his  Intention  be  to  pleaTe  the  World, 
^  he  muft  be  ina  manner  above  it^  and  fix 
his  Eye  upon  that  confummate  Crat^^  that 
Beauty  of  Niuvre^  and  that  tcrft&w^  of, 
V  Numbers,*which  the  reft  of  Mankind,  feel- 
ing only  by  the  £fl^d,  Whilfti  ignorant  of 
the  Caofe^  term  thcjV  «r<  fckfqucy^  or  the 
X  know  not  what  \  and  fuppoie  to  be  a  :kind 
'of  Ouprtnj  or  Entbantmtnr^  ofc  which  the- 
Artift  himfelf  can  give  no  accouQt.     { : :  \^ 
.  But  .here,  I  find,  I  am  temp^  to  do  what 
-i*  have;  piy  felf  condejntfd.  ,  Hardly  can  I 
'  for^r  making  rome^f0/ag3r  ibrthe  frequent; 
.  Recourfe  I  have  to ;  the  Rules  of  Gommoa^ 
lArtifts,  to  the  Matters  of  BxercUies,  tq  the 
/.Aca4c;my&  of  Pointers,  Statuarys;  isnd  the^ 
^^T^.of  ^^t]httu$f^^  in M^li 


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PirflH.  am  fo, fully l^tisr/d:iliave'  Reafob  dri'i^y 
*^VN;  i-dc^  thaii  let  Cs^ism  be  cvci^ib 'Crdiig'di 
gtd^  ffle^  'i  hsd  rather  Tc^ir  to  th^fe  idi 
iciitfnt  Schools,  to fc^tcb'for  TKOTfly'aiut 
}4  AToifr.*,  than  to ibffle other  Pk(x^'wfa»e~ 
higher  Arts  and  SdMcci  ate  profefi'di' '■■  -'' 
- 1  am  perfiuddd  that  to  be  «  yirttafif  (fo- 
iar  as  befits  a  Gentiemab)  ii'a  higher  ftcj^' 
»wards  the  beoouiag^a  Mail  ojf  Vircut  and^ . 
good  Seafe,-  thaa  the  bciag  What  i&  thU  A^e] 
We  caU  4  ^W^i^.  For  eveii  rode  l^atttfe  it' 
i^lf,  in  its  ptimitlveSimpUdty^  babeto^ 
Guide  to  Jedgmebf,  than  impt^*^  'S0'>' 
phUtrf,  ahd  pedaatick  Leartiiog^^    The 

via  ever  be  apply^d  by  Mea  of  Dlftetatiieiit' 
jioi&ct Th6ught to'fach Logiclc,  fuch Priti^; 
ciplrs^  foch  FOtmS'a^  Rddxiaents  of  Know* ' 
kdg,  as  are  eOiablilhM  la^x^caia  Sctioobof ' 
'         iitetatorc  and  Scieoce;  nnke^I&  i$  ruiS<^; 
deatly  ttnderftood  eien  by^thofd  who^' 
tt&wiUing  to  coflfeft  the  TiHitfc  of  it.  '^Bf>' 
feds  betray  thelt*  Caiife$^    And  the'  ktiovta' 
Tora  and  Ffgore  of  thdfe- Undetft^ildi£;'gs,^ 
which  fproiic-  from  Ktirferys  of  this'  iitid» 
glnr»plainldea  of  w^iat  is  {adg^f  oh  thff 
occ4fi04i.^T*isnow^nd<ff;  Ifaffcei'ftiWi'dA^' 
a'groiihd<^  £daatioi),^the^e'appearst&ber^ 
foA  tktdr  of  Redrew;  ^'and '  Aueddfi^stt* 
.     ftoathatScbool'-WUcbWesUi^ 


*"E)igiti2!6l!Hj!y' 


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'^#..  4 


ThctoM  jimuftTtt«its'>  of  GcidUaiii  iter  S^^^ 
found  more  Improving  than'  the  pxrcTJiil-^^'^'V 
ttaftmbet  of  Pedants,  -  And  ia  tke  Mai^o^ 
meat  of  our  Youth,  we  ate  forcfd  to  tiit> 
itconrfe  to  the^rmer  V  ^^  Antidoten^'  I 

.gdnft  i^r<^«  and^Mkmicri  peiniliar  to  &b'  1 

latterBreediogl    If  the  Fbrmalifisoftlito'  ! 

ibrt- were  ert^bod  iato  Patentees,  With '«'  '] 

ible  0>mmHnoa  of  Anthtr^fs  •we  ihoa'd' 
i«e  fuch  Writing  in  our  Days,  a»  wboM  ^-^ 
therwhott]rweana»iromBobki»'oratlea6>  | 

fold  «$  to  fuch  as  were  not  of  ow  owb^  -       1 

Age,' or  Katioo.-' '  ..•..•.«    .■.•!./'^ 

'Therecaabeaoitindof  Wtitiflgwhicli>  i 

relatesto  Men,  and  Manners,  where'  it  i» 

not  neceflary  for  the  Aothov  to  uodetfiasdi  '     | 

r&«^M/»M«  of  Charaders, 'and  carry  iA'bhi  , 

'  Bye  the  Model  or  Exemplar  of  Vassi  ntinstd'  j 

Criieiy  >  which  gives  to  every  AOion  it»  as-i  ■     j; 

traOive  Charm. .  If  be  has  no  £ye,  or  £ar»> 

for:  thefe  imeriour  NnoAm  ;  ^  not  Hkeiy.  I 

lie>  JbooM  nnderftand  mocbof  thatKcnrimK  .  .'\ 

Prof«ttiM  and.  .^iw«wwyof.^Compofitio%;  [ 

whiidicoaftitateiw^ J<lpftM>4rr^4#r^ '  >  :  >i-^  ~  I 

'Goo'd we  but  once  convince oarlHVespf 

what  is  iait  fcif  fi>  evidcntV  *^  That  there 

**  is  a  wrqng  and  a  ^t  TV^/fvas  welliia. 
.  <«;.iaWard.Featores  and  Chahr^ers,  asL.io:  ^    -        i 

*«^Ji>atWardPer(ba,'BehavloarjuEdMioa^*!;  .         f; 

w^ibot^dbe-fiu-ffiore-aihaih'j^ofcIgnQcai;!^'  ! 

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17^5  Ap.vice?  to- 

•  P^:J(It;  aod  wrong  Judgment  in  the  former^  thanji^ - 
'  A>Wthc  latter  of* thefc  Graces.  .Even,  ja:,thc> 
Afts,.  which  are  merely  Imitations  of  that*. 
qatward  Grace,  we  not  only  copf|ii$  4  Tajlrr. 
Iqt.  make  Jit  a  part  of  re&n'd  Bifeeding,  to ; 
diTcover,  amongft  the  many  &lfe  Reliflies> 
and; in  Stilcs^/the  true  and  natural  one^i 
which  reprc^renjts  the  real  JJ^^.and  Vbno  s> 
afthekind«  pri^tbefame^r^rrandVENUdy^. 
which  difcoVering  it  fdf  in  the  Turns,  ofr 
^   Okpvf^FjfT,  rand'the  Tariety  of  h:::f:j:n  Jffec^{ 
tifVh  1)  copy'd  by  the  writing  Artift.  -If  he^ 
nnderftands  not  the  VBNa.$  and  Dcccrumy, 
of ^  this  inw&rd  kind,  he  can  neither  paint 
advantageoufly  .after  :the  :  life;  nor  in  ar 
feignMSubjed^  where  hchasifuUfcope*. /For  • 
ssyer^can  he^  on  theft  Terms^  repreftnCt 
I\(!wit.and. Virtue,  or  mark , Deformity  audi 
Blemifii. ;  He  can  neither  defcribe  4  ffrftcl:^ 
J  C^MSer^ '  pC|  what  is  more  according  tot 
.    A^  <3cprefs  the  ESed  and  Force  of  thist 
Prf/r£Fi#iryfi^om  the  Rifaltiof  TarioulskndC' 
ipixt  Cbara&ers  of  life.*''.  And  thus  the'^ 
Sdence  of  f^rtuofi\  and. that  of  yirtui it/ 
^^  lie  not  far  apart.       ^v-    '       1''   J 
t.  One  who  afpires  to  ;the  Charader;  of  !a:i 
Mia  of  Breeding  and  Eoliccnels^  is  carcfuh 
to:form  bis  Judgment  of  Arts  andSdem^s' 
uponrig^tModels  of  f^/^iS/Mr;  Jf.hetta-^^ 
^  ^b  to  l!^bi(i|  he  enqmcer which'are'ibe 
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tracfl:  Pieces  of  Arcbiteaurc,'  the  bcft  Re-  ^^;^A 
iqains  ^f  Stataes,  the  bed  Paintipgs  6f.a>^*V~- 
R.AVHABLt  or-a  Ca&achb.     Howeyec^ 
antiquated,  rojagb,  or  dUfaial  tbey  may  ap« '; 
pear  to  him,  at  firft  fight  ^  he  refolres  to^^-, 
vlev7  *em  over  and  over,  till  he  has  Inoogbt .  - 
himfelf  torelifli'em,  and  fink  their  hidden  ] 
dirMeeszadPerfeBiciu.    He  takes  particular 
Care  to  turn  his'  Eye  from  every  thing  that    . 
is  gaudy,  lufiions,  and  of  a,  fMf*T4fi«»', 
Kor  is  he  lefs  careful  to  tarn  his  Eur  firom '    > . 
every  fort  of  Mnfidc,  befides  that  which  is! 
of  the  heft  Manner,  and  trueft  Harmony* 

Twere  to  be  wiih*d  we  had  the  lame' 
regard  to  4  ri^ht  Tdfie  la  Lif^  and  Man-, 
ners.     To  this,  our  Reading,  if  it  be  of 
the  right  Ibrt,  mult  prindpaUy  contribute.; 
Whatever  Company  we  keep ;  or  however  " 
polite  and  agreeable  their  Charadcrs  may 
lie,  withwhomweconverfe,  orcorrefpond}' 
if  the  Authors  VIC  read  are  of  another 
kind,-  we  fliaU   find  our  Palat  ftrangely' 
turn*d  their  way.    We  are  the  unhappjer : 
in  this  refpea,  for  being  SehtUrsi  if  our    , 
Studys  be  iUchofen.    Korean  I,  for  thU. 
reafon,  think  it  proper  to  caU  a  Man  tr*/f- 
read  who  reads  mmy  Ambers ':  fince  be  muft 
of  neceOity  have  more  ia  Models,  than  good  i 
and  b9  more  ibflt  with  9onbaIl:,  iUBuicy, 


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^^^y'ryji^i^ltim  filled  with  folid 

nextus^    What  was] 

wlj^wewereyo^ng, 

;.     .  wgrds  for  fefious  Stn 

•  andBan^r,    Werejei 

•  ^JM  I°iary  to  onr  I 
garf  to  rmi&  or'A« 
nowwer,  nothing  caal 
entertaining-,  much  lei 
proyibg.  Wcc^i'^jfoi 
*4^«w  oiir  Models  are  j 

,  raftpftrous  Fibres  we' 

•  Proportions  we  fee  defci 
-^fand£«;-isiQlh;'  clu 
ceffity  Igrow-  barbaroi 

•^4ft<?ms,>vagfe-Mi 

•  andWonders'.of  the' 

ploy  our  leifufe  liour 

Thefe  arc  in  our  prefeAi  Uajl  'What 

I^^wnp^what:A?,ioarva^^^ 
>    W^eWmthe  Storys.of  their  GJkhS' 
Jeir.ifragofls,-  and  St.  G no* bi*i.    & 

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and  .Fcrrys,  foul  and  feir,  Weather ;  with  ScSt.^ 
an  the  Particulars  of.  the  Author's  Diet,  *>Vy   ' 
Habit  of  Body,  his  perfonal  Danglers  and         ' 
MUchances,  on  Land,  and  Sea.    And  thus, 
fulIofDefire  and  Hope,  we  accompany  him, 
tillhe  enters  on  his  great.Scene  of  A^oja, 
and  begins  by  the  Ijefcription  of  fome  «»«r-^ 
moHt  Fijb,  or  ^w^. "  From  moniiltroas  Srute/j 
^fiVtoceedsxqytt  more  monpwsMew, 
amoiigfl:  this  Ra.cp'bf  Aptlwrs,'  h*  is  ev;cr- 
cbmpleatefty  and  of  the  iSrft^FLanlc,  yihodaC 
^k  of  Things  the  moft  tqnmtnratztiii' 
mufiretu,  '  '  "    ■•'   '/ 

This  Humour  our  ojd  Tragick  Poet  ieeiixs ' 
to.  have  difcovprU    He  liit"  our'r^i^rid' 
giving  US  8  4/W1/&  Hero,  ftilVfraight  with'' 
Prodigy  f  a  wondrbus'5f«iy^7f^«r/    But.' 
for  the  attentive  Part,  the  Poet  chofe  tO; 
give  it  to  Woman-kind.    Whai  paflionate' 
Reader  of  Travels,  or  Student'in  the  prbdi-^ 
gious  Sciences,  xanrefafe  to  pity  that  fair'    ^ 
l^dy,  whofeU  inl^vewith  theWr4«i/w/!    ' 
AfooR? 'efpedally  confidering  with  lyhat! 
futable  grace  fuch  a  Lover  cou*d  relate  the." 

ttoftmonftrous  Adventures,' and  fitisfy  the' 
wondring  Appetite  with  the  moft  wondrous 
Taies'i  JP&ww*  (lays  the  Heroi-TravelierV 

-ft..-,.  •.    -      .     .  .''.  ,...-■      .  .  ...  •-•  .■  .  •     ,     .  <-,.;   ■  •  • 


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,  ;  Seriouflj,  »twasa  Wofia  Tale !  unfit„o^e 
.  wood  tihUik,  to  vfia  a  tiende?  Fdrronc: 
ft  $  irue,  the  t>oet  foffidentiy.coqdenlnsfc 
faiijy  5  for  vfto  he  malceis  Iicr  to  pay  d 
in  tlie.,end.  But  Vhy,  ^ongft  his  g&r/<5^ 
^C?,  he  fliou'd  have  pitcVd  ijn  one  tl^t 
denoted  the  Lady  ^.^w-j^wWjtWt  lajj^;^ 
©neronl^.  as  Poets,  are  fomctimcs '|?fo^' 

plwte  loo,  he1hquMigDradv^-ty,.imdff  £^ 
<^^Tk  7)yft  have:  rej[>fci^ittt^;tp  os,^^  i^^^^ 
^«»^t  a  hundred  years  .^iOs  timctsth^^ 
*'  ^Air  ^cxorthislfland  ihott'd^.by«th<^' 

jonftroos  C;^«,  be  fa  feduc'd,  :M.jtoiirn: 
tteirFayour  chiefly  ^n.thcPerfbns  of  th^; 
XaleriTeatrii  and  chaj^ge  thcic  natojal  I*s 
cjination  ^r  ;fiur,  candid,  juid  aJprteow 
Koij^hfty  into  a  Paffion  for:  a  jnyfteffQuf 

i^fie  of  hl^.  Enchanters  :fnchV  ^1^ 
%sof  old  ycrefiicjl  to  ereff  f,^\^^ 

■    ^  'T^l<=?!^¥n  f  !»«e  is  a  wi^y  grprt  A^ntty- 
between  the  Paffion  of  ^spirj^iWw,  and  that 
of  Tirff/;;  ThcI^OFpof  ftrang 
and  theardent'Appjstjtp;  tPVi»ni5.'«^^ 

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or  Hearing  of  thii  kind.    Fate,Deftmyv* 

*s  It  -were  delin«ted,vT»  th6  moi^^        . 
5Jirih,  ^>e  kOttid  Faa,  y  teEvenC^  FW 

^otr4i'tellersi  witlia^Eiaa  %  of  ^ngl 
•fiaKt,  ratable  <5cmat«^ce  *j;aj<>°^.^; 

■^eiEcridtod  tttm^^<it<sJ^'Af.  «S 
IVIbrtds,  whoare  tW»s  rfdiM  frbm  th|r 
YtHxA.'    the  tender  V  ^}^ 

.^tdralSo;fkQcfs,airamc  .W» 

^f  which  they  sflre  higti  ^tP«;     . 

tSaUywhenifutibleii].     ^^^^^^Jf    •       ' 
■iiaiontittettdtiaChadiaetof  Aejyr4rr^«> 

•li^tlioalana  Diii>:«ttoSVs:aTfetHettTW 
.*^:prerent  theiiifdves,' >iid'^^U»d.^iJ^ 
"Jy  rcfign  Father^  ^UUtib)&,'<5ountrymcft,  ^ 
^ua;G^0Btrir-lt-rdf,>;t6foTao^*^^ 
,1»ne4o!F  a  iir«i>o€  thcMadt Tribe.   ^_ 
.n.fint  Whitevfer  mwiftroai-Zcal,  or  ftjpw.       - 
ifcitiousPaffion^the  !?ottH^tforetel^^^^ 
ither  inthe<icndmen,'latfyvt)rcomr66^^ 
-Feo^^of  ad  after  Aie|;ti»'ccrtdn;tMt 

^lain  andlite^l^fe.  fe^^^*°S2;*^ 
if hii  pt^ent^l^Bae-'  ^  MonHeti  m  Monftfef- 


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;ji^    '  .  Advice  :Td 

^rtlU^ilzais  vfite  aerer.inore  in  reqceit:  And  We 
*5J?XVfinay  ^fteniee.a  Pbilofophcrjor  8  Wit,  tun 

.^utttli^rly  ^itheJUicflrWoman,  or  mercft 

rWfil^crs^  wbp  pwt^cnd  to  Jtcatopf^ 
ihQuM  far;outio  :?<5ff/,;iflr«tfommend^^^ 
^\(irtnc,  and  reprefenting  w)iat  :was /^^^^^ 
•     lamiMe  in;  huraaflc,4'^Qn?v    .One;  w^ 
Junaginc,  that  if  they  ^rpM  tb^^^^^ 
^vard8  remote. Countrys;,  djfj.fliouM  f^^ 
jbxf.riich  Simplicity  oif  Manners^  and  Ionq« 
.'c^Qceof  Behaviour)  as  has  been*  often  lunpv^ 
Vnipng  'mere-Sayagcsi  e'er  they  were  cor- 
*^^pted  by  our.  pommeroe,  and  by  (ad  Ev 
[    '  tjajpple  inliriidcd  !in  all.  kind  of  Treachery 
.    'andinhumanity^^^ 

.,ip  7is/  to  biwr,  the  Caufcs  of  this  Corrup- 
^      ^^io^>  and  b^  made  con^^^ 

^rbm  Nature,  and.firom  that  juffc  Purity  of 

'  ^Manners  which  plight  W  icxpeded,  cljpic- 

ciaUy  frpm,  a  F^ople  ib  aflifted  ^nd  'enligb« 

•     :        ^^x^'d  by  Reji^on.,  ^?ui;  fg^^fararc^  thefc 

^J^iralifts  ,^m  con  any:  unnatural 

j^YJjce^  or.co^rupt  Manners,  tjxat  they  wonM 

jb^jrc  Vice  it^jfelf  appeari9i;  ffi^urMl  asfVjf- 

?&%  .^^I^^.'lfe  ^<>Tft  ftxii^iplesi:  wquM; 
3  jepreiS;n?,  tio  tis  that  all Jt^ms;  ztfymiffiilly 

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jadcr  of  Good,  qrin^  m  tbetrfihes^  hot^^g^ 
art  diftingoilh'd  by  nere  FdPfkit^' Lgm^  <x\^VSy 

. .  SbbaM  a  Writer  opba  Mmfeky  addrefling 
himiclf  to  tbe  Students  and  Lovers  of  the 
:Art9^dedare  to  'ein  that,  the  Meafure  or 
Rule  of  Hsormmy  was  Cdgrki  or  WVL^  Hn^  ' 
nMor  or  mere  Fafiimi  'tis  not  very  likely 
he.lhoa'd  be  heard  with  great  Attentiont  , 
.or  treated  with  real  Gravity.  JFor  £60^ 
mmy  is  Harmony  ky  N^twriy  let, Men  jndg 
ever  £>  ridicolonfly  of  Malick.  .  So  is  Sym^ 
nutry  and  Fr§f$rtim  founded  ftill  iar  Ndture^ 
let  Mens  Fancy  prove  ever  fo  barbarous  or 
Cmhkh  Tis  the  lame  cafe,,  where  Uft 
and  M  AN  N  a  a  s  are  conoemM.  The  fame 
UmAirSy  Hsomuayy^  and  Fr9f$nim  have 
place. in  Moeal^^  and  are  diicoverable 
in  tl^  QuBt^Ftns  and  jtffe&imis  of  Mankind  ; 
in.  w.hich  are  lay'd  the  joft  Foundations  of 
an  Attf  and  Sdence^  fnperiour  to  .every  o* 
then  Ml     '     :  / '  '^  '  . :    !;  . »  " .. 

.  This,  I  foppofe  therefore,  is  h^y  ne^ 
ceflary,  that  «  iVtinr  ihoo'd  comprehend. 
For  .Things  are  ftubborn,  and  wiJl  not  be'as  ' 
W9  ikqcy ;'em,' bot^as^  they  ftand  in  Natnr^ 
NoWi.whether  the Wnxnh^^Fmui  FUlffi^ 
jAff^  AJT  of  wlatever-kind}^  hejsin  truth 
ipootber thanj C^fifi irfhr NaTij^^B;*  Bh 
^iirmjP^.^^Rr^^  fated  tp%i^ 
.:.;ll  Timca 


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r5CT'Tiin«>  fircs  in,  or'tb'the^ainiKait^ai^ 
A'^''^  jiioar  of  Hs  Age  br  l&tion:  His  ivianner;'  • 

'    ItU  DrejG^  hh  Cchuriug  may  irary/^  B^^ 
itis '  iV4v««^  '1)e  uncorred:,  or.  !hik'  J>ifff^ 
^ttxscf  to  ^idte 'f  bkpiecxl yriflbe'fotmdi . 
^didflous^  wlien  it  conies  tiwToWly  to  W  " 

'  caimfaM.  ForKata)rewiflnot1)eihock*d; 
liie  Prepoflellion  ^gaihft  her  cui'n^er  "Tai 
itej  lafting.     She  has  a  ftroiig-'Party'iJ^ 

,  ^adi' and  as  ftrong a  one  tritUn inir  fdvet'i 
And  when  any  Slig|it  is  pot  vpbn'  her;;  iBii^" 
^ '  Ibon  torn  the  B!eprbadi,  and  mak6^ 
large  Reprifals  on  the  r4/«'an(l  JodgiQent  of 
)ter  Antagonifts.        ,'         '         '  •  *    "^  ■ - 
Whatever  CV/rtcl  or  Author  is  conviiic'd    • 
.   I*  lij«  Prerogative  of  ^4«ire,-^U«alily 
\^    he  perfuaded  to  apply  Inmfclf  to  Ihegttat!* 
Work  'tif  Tcformihg  fife  Tafi*  5  >  virhidi  hfe 
wiU  hate  reafon  to  faQ>e&,  if  he  he'soir 
inch  a  one  as  has  deliberately  endeavourM 

~  to  frame  it  by  the  joft  Standard  of  Nature, 
Whether  this  be  his  Cafe,  he  will  eafily  idijfl" 
oarer;  bf  ^pealing  to  hb'  Memory,  t^orj 
Cb^Mj^and  F4/1^»M  afepowerM  Seddbers^ 
^nd'  he  nraft  -of  neceflity  haire  taught  hari. 
^I^inft 'thefe^  to  hate  attained  that  ^i^i^l^ 
cl  tdfi$f  wMdh^  isTeqmtM  in  one  W%o  ^pre»f 

ttsxH  to  fblkrnt  l^itaire.-  '  Bot  if'  A<6  Ibdr 

jQottflift  &Mi^hecalIMtOttihdi'*tis»oertdit*» 
■  T<toA':that'  lhc'»ir^''«i^'4fe'^^^ 
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It^tlf  diflii^nt  from  the  inilgar*-  .Aod-o^  ^S(!& 
^'aooojat  he  Ihou*d  inllantly  betaie  1^3*-  ^^^ 
M  to  thewhpleromFra£tice,recoinm9c^7d  ' 
iaibis  TreatiTe.    He.ftoaM  Jet  a&Qt  the* 
ppwetfnlleft  Facalty^  ofiiis  Miad^  ssd/air, 
fimUe  the  i)eft  Joroes  of  tfais  Wit  Ami 
jadjgment,  4a  order  to  ipalEe  »  fopi^Dcr 
fixnt.onthe.  Territori^iof  4^/ft«t.;  fee 
fi)|v^ng  to  decUae  no  t^onb^  iisr,tiearkea 
to  any  Terms,  taXL  he  h«d  pierdd  intolits 
inmoft  ProTiqoe;,  and  fcad^d  ^  Scat  sf 
jQipjpire.    Ko  Tr^tys  lhon*4  tms&  ium  j 
nptjAdvaat^ge^j^d  him  ftiidff  \An, other 
^pecolations  lbotf4  >be  fttfpendcd,  «H  «tfaer 
l^yft^ys  reAgn'di  tUKlusoeceHary  Cao" 
migl^  was  'made,  ^and  theft  inward  ConQsfts 
learnt:}  \^  whi^  he  iwcnM'be  iaMe  to  igaia       w 
4t  I$aft  ifi)me  fpoUtabUJlo&§xtittioJamfe^ 
^d;Ki)Owledg<}fAUom>tMtf»M{iM»ci/^r'       - 
;:./   •,  -  ..  ••  ■■ .  '■ ,'.  :'.'■'■  •*•■:     -■  -'^'..I-   .' 
riT:  may  be  thoogbt,  perhaps,  that  m<a» 
withftaAdlng  the  panicolar  ^ti»^^ 
^veo,  in .  -relation  to  {the  forming  of  t^ 
TiMT"*  in  Chatafters ;and  Manners;. .anv     .     ,* 
t(fp  fttll  de&dtme  indoor  peifbrqilutce,-  ttidul^ 
we  are  MeataarfufftiMtw^  i^^'  'Sn4 
bring  -not  'into,  bar 'Confidecation  tthe  Man* 
n^iaad-Chara&ers  deliirer'd'to  os'iA/r«()r 
IfbVc.o^  this  0hieaioj^«iU,  iocA  lama^ 
^hen NiAercoalldert- ch^tA^tiie^ 


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!^O0^wi8  never  huihanly  conceiv*di  bdt'<i»ir»f// 

diasitcd,  and ihfpir*d.  ,'   ',;' ^^ 

t?'  For  this'  Reafon,  'twou'd  be  in.  vain  for, 

anyPoct,' or  ingienious  Author,  io  form  his 

Charaaers,' after  the  Models  of  bur  ficrci 

Peiunen,     And  whatever  -  certain 'Cr<V(ci(i^ 

may 'teve  advatn^d  concerning  the  Strudnre. 

of  ia  Hiroick  T«m  of  this  kind  \  I  wiU  be 

bold*  to  prophefy  that  the  Sfuccefs  will  never, 

be  anfveerablcto  Expcaation. '   '  '^  J 

,  ^ItxnuftbcbwnM,  that  in  but  facrcd  Hif* 

tory  we  ^bave  both  Leaders^  Coriquerors^J^ 

iFoanders  of  Nations,  DeUyeircrs,  and  Pa-; 

triots, .  who,  even  in  a  human  Senfe,  are  no^ 

way  behind  the  chief  of  thofe  fo  much  ceW 

brated  by  the  Antients.    "there  is  'nbthih^ 

'   iathe  Storybf  £neas,  wbich  is  not  e«^ 

.    quard  of  exceeded  by  a  J  d  s  h  u  a  or  it* 

^j:  M  o  s  B  s.    But  as  illuftrious  as  are  the  Ads 

J:   of  thefc  feared  Chicfty  'twbuM'  hs  hard  to  \ 

VV  copy  them  in  juft//4?mVi.    'TWou*dbehar<f| 

'  '^>i  ^  8*^^^  *^ '  °^^°y  ^^  *^*^  ^^^'  graccfol  Ai^^^ 
r  which'  is^^necdOTary  to  render! 'em  naturally' 
pleafing'  to  Mankind ;  according  to'the  Ideaf 
Men  have  of  HerAjm^  and  Genirofny. '  \\  '■  '> 
•'Notwithtetxdihg  the  pious  Efldeavoiirs^ 
which,»as?  devout  Chriftiansi  we'may  hav^ 
9^4  in/ordett  td  ieparateiouir  ielves  from  th<^ 

z^uH^  •  notwith* 


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AN  AnTHOiu  W9 

;notwitWfcui<Ungtbe  truepMWweinaylmc',S6^ 
taken,  to  arm  our  Hearts  {n  behalf  of  a^^^^  r 
tb»fM  Pt0fU,   againft  thdr  neiglibonring 
Natioos;  otf  a  felfeReUgjon,  andWorihipi 
there  will  be  ftill  foandfach  a Partiatit)r  re- 
maining in  as  towards  Creatures  of '  t)w 
.fame  Make  and  Figare  with  oar  fekes,  a* 
;will  hinder  as  from  viewing  with  Satis&c- 
,tioa.  the  Paniflunents  inflided  by  hnman 
Hands  on  fuch^iMM  and /i<«^«r/.     ■■■"'.'■ 
.    In  mere  Pottry^  and  the  Pieces  of  Wit  and 
i^itcrature,  there  is  a  Liberty  of  Thooglht    , 
.and  Eafinefs  of  Hamoar  indulged  to  as,  in 
jwhich  perhaps  we  arc  not  fo  well  able  to 
.contemplate  the  Divine  Judgments,  and  fee 
clearly  into  the  Jnfticc  of  thofc  Wd^s,  which 
are  fo  fer  from  •w  Wiqty  and  above  oar 
.bigheft  Thoughts  or  Underftandings.  -  la 
.fuch  a. Situation  of  Mind,  we  can  hardly 
^endure  to  fee  Httthtu  treated  as  Httthtn\ 
'and  the  FMthful  made  the  Executioners  of 
.the  pivine  Wrath.    There  is  a  certain  per- 
verfe  Humanity  in  us,  wliich  inwardly  re- 
fifts  the  Divine  Gommilfion,  tho  ever  (b 
plainly  reveal'd.    The  Wit  of  the  beft  Poet 
;is  not  fafficient  to  recondle  us  to  the  Cam- 
paign .  of  a  J  o  «  H  o  A,  or  the  Retreat  of  a 
•  rMosBc,  by  the  Affiftance  ofan  EoYr- 
.■TiA»  X*4ff.    Nor  win  it  be  poffible,  by 
the  MufaJixU  »  make  that  princely  Hen 


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M>^>^jruci  6vouf  is  the  Eye  of  .HiMlvfen.\.;s^di 
^are  mere  Inm4^  JY^ 

Vj:  fifld  the  kaft  Sympathy  vrith.  tbaf  only 

:    jtae  whidi'faad  the  Charader.  of  jbeiiig  j^ 

pssiTtheFminicf  the  AiMiOHtt's*     ^ 

^  ^isappareot  therefore  that  the  Marnier^' 

A^ooa  and  Cbaraaers  of  ;Sifrrf i  Ifi^/c  ate 

5  i2X'no.w|yb  the  proper  Subjed  of  other  Atf^ 

thors  thaa  Drw^f/  themfclveis- '  They  aife 

.  Jitters  '  incompreheniible  in  Philofophy  : 

\;rhey  are  above  the  Pit^  of  the  mere  hxb- 

vxBian  Hlfi&riaff^  the  FUhieim^  or  the  ilAr^H 

lifi%  and  are  too  facred  to  be  fabiriitted 

>  to  the  TmU  Fancy,  when  ^  infpir^d  by  nbl 

.  dthcr  Sfirii  \  than  that  of  his  profane  Mlf^ 

trcfles,  th€  Musss.*  '/  .  T. 

'  i;  I  fliouM  be.  unwiDing  to  examine  rigo- 

to^fly  the  performance  of  onr  Pdet,  who 

.fling  th^  Fai^fMan*    The  W^r  in Heavih^^ 

.   '         'and  the  GiMjf^^fc^  of  that'  original  TiAr 

from  whom  the  Generations  of  Mankind 

Ktrepropaga.ted,  are  Matters  lb  abftrnfely^ 

.    .      feveal'd,  and  with  facfi  a  refemblance  of 

Vl^Wogy,  that  they  can  more  cafiiy  bear 

*  :wbat  figurative  Conffcnidion  or  fantaftick 

Tmrn  the  Poet  may  think  fit' to  give* -enjy 

.Bttt^.  (hou'd  he  venture  ferthijr, !  into  the 

.     UvesaiklCharafters  of  the'Patriafch^y;^^^ 

,Jbioly  •  Matronsi   Hdtoes  and  iSeroines .  ai 

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the  chorea  Seed  ^  (hoa'dhe  employ.^  ia^isefti^ 
*cred  M^iebinet  the  Exhibitioia  a9d|  Inter- *^^^* 
'veatiohs  of  Divinity*.. according. to  hdy. 
Wirit,  to  fapport  the  wf<£F*ra  of  &i% Pieces 
he  wqu'd  fbon  .find  ^e^  Weakne&  of  hisi  , 

pretended  OrfWuc  Mo  c-B,  and  prove,  boiv  ,    | 

little  thofe  Divine  Patterns  were  capable  of  <. 

humanlmitation,  or  of  beingrais'dtoany 
other  Majefty,  or  Sublime,  thafi  that,  ia  .  /^ 

'which  they  ori^Dy appear. 
•  'The  .7l««/»D'>  ?f  Taaooowr,  ofthft 

Heathens  cou!d  admit  of  inch  dilKrent 

Tnni^  and  figurative.  BxpreiSons,  as  rioted     ^ 

the  Fancy  and  Judgment  of  eadi.Philoib^ 

pher  or  Poet.    But  the  Parity  of  oor  Faitb 

will  admit  of  no'  inch  Variation.    The 

CbriiUantlM^i  the  Birth,  Frocedare^ 

Generauon^  and  perfonal  DiftinSio]u>f  th^ 

Divinity,  are  Klytf erys*  only .  to  be  deters    - 

the  State  has  affign*4  the  Gnardiflnlhip  and  1 

ftomnigation  of  the.DiYine  Orades.     It  '       j 

liecbiaes  not  thpie  who  arenn-inrpir^d  ironi  •      ;, 

JBLeaven,  and  an-commiiEon*d  from  Eurth^ 
to  fearch  with  Cnrioiity  into  the  Original 
of  thofe  Holy  Rites  and  Records,  fy  Lg» 
}j,   Shoo'd.wfr  make,  any  inch  At*. 


tiempt  V  We  ihoaM '  in  probability,,  find  th* 
iefs  Sf^tis&dion,  the,fivther  we  prefam'd 
jto'carry' par  Specolations*   .Haying  daic'd 


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192  Advice  TO 

J^artlll^ooce  toquit  the  Authority  and.  DircSion ' 
^^^"^^^oithi  iMiy^^t  ihou'd  cafily  be  fubjeft  to* 
^.  HttcrUoxy  .zvA  Errour^  when  we  had  no. 

better  Warrant  left  us  for  the  Authority  / 
of  our  Ikcred  Symbols^ .  than  the  Integrity,  \ 
Candour,   and  bilintereftednefs  of  .their 
Compilers,  and  Regiftcrs,    How  great  that' 
Candour  and  Difintereftednefs  may  have^ 
been,  we  have  no  other  Hiftorys  to  inform  ^ 
OS,  than  thofe  of  their  own  licenfing  or  com- 
poiiog*  ^  'But  bufy  Perfons,  '^bo  offiddufly; 
iearch'i^totheie  Records,  are  ready' eyea 
from. hence  ta  draw  Proofs  very  difadvan-!. 
tageous'to  the  Fame  and  Charader  of  this. 
Succeflion  of  Men.     And  Perfon$  mode-, 
rately  read  in  thefe  Hiftorys,  are  apt  to^^ 
judg  no  otherwile  of  tlie  Temper  of  an-> 
tient  Councils^  than  by  that  of  later  Synods 
indmoiernConvocaticns.  , 

*  When  we  add  to  this"  the  melancholy, 
ConCderation  of  what-pifturbances  have^ 
beea  tais'd  from  the  Difputcs  of  this  kind  :* 
What  Efittlion  of  Blood,  what  Devaftatiohs^ 
of  Provinces,  what  Slfock  and  Ruin  of  Eni- J 
pires  h^ve  been  occafionMby  Controverf^^^^ 
founded  on  the  niceft  DiftihftioQ  of  an. Ar** 
tlcic  relating  to,  tWeA^  ?twill  be- 

• .  thought 'vain  in  any  Pocit,  [  or  polite  Author^J 
ip  think ^fr^iidrinjg  'Ijimfcif  agrccaMc,.  or 


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ettci'Caixujig,  xslulSt'.  ho  inakcsTach  Sdh)ed:i^  Sed.?.! 
ii  thcfe  to  hdhhThcmeW  Z-jta  v?- :  i  .:j  l.-^i^VVJj 
'^  Dot  tho  the:  Explaoatiojl  if  i  fuch  jdctp»  '  - 

Myitcry^i  and-  rclisioas  iDqtysy  be :  anot'ted  . 
sib  the  pccdiar  Province^  of  'the  SMeredOrdiri 
'dJ  prcfufli^di- tievcrtlvcfeft^^tlut  it  may  bs 
,  law&l  for  othcj:  j4»/£w  t6  f ebitf  thcif  ani 
ticiit*  Privilege  of  inftHK^og-MaQkiod^  in 
al-  way  of  Fleafure,  and  -  Entertaioment. 
p0tts  may  be  aUoVd  their  Fidioas^   and 
rhiUf0fh€rsihmSji}xm%.^V^ 
with  MankiAd^  IhcmM  the  Patentees;  for  Re« 
ligidn  be  oommiOioa'd  fonaH  Inftto&ioa^ 
-andAdvice^  relating  to  Mannei^iorGon^ 
▼eriation..  :7l#  Sid^^  vmj  bti  aDowfd* to 
inftrady  as  well  as  tbi  Pulfit.    The  way^of  ' 
Wi$  and  HmMtr  may  be  (enriceable^  as  •  Well*. 
as  that  of  Gravity  and  Smoufmfs:'.  And'' 
thief  way  of  plain  Raifin  zi  weU.  as  that  of 
exalte  RtveUui^n*    The  main  Matter  M^xd^ 
keep.theie  Pronoces  diftinft^  and, fettle 
their  joft  Bonndatys.    And  on  this  acc^ont 
it  is  that  we  haveendeavoar'd  to  reprejetit 
to  modern  >4«rirar/ the  KeceflStyof  makiog 
this  Separation  jttftly^  andiadiiefbrm; 

Twou'd  be  fottewhat  hard^  methinks, 
if;Xti(^/«ir^.as  byLawieftabliAM,  wer^  not 
aUow'd  the  fame  Privilege  as  Herddry. 
Tis  igreed  on  all  hands,  that  particular  • 
Pvfons  fluiy  i<#)^  ot^tfMC,  in.their  private 
'•^'^ .  O  '     .  Capacity,  A 


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Partlll;  Capacity, :.  after;  what;  niinacr  cthcy.  think 
.    ^XS^fit  •  But  they  mult  blazj>fionif  as  tht^Publick; 

jjnd  .C?*^/^jau{t:bc  Tuch vas'ibrir  wi^ 
':^^i\ :       •'.gallant  Anqejtprsj  .havft:prQcut^M/forr?ep?v 
\^J  ^  ^       V?;^  «^attcr.\7hfttb5t  th?.5hap?s  (Of;.th?l§vM 
>5/*VC-^''      '^niraM^.  hplf^ijufti  Proper titoniw^ 
>^v*  Vy         •  Ko.  xnattcTjthii  differei\t  01?  icofltmy  Fprm% 
^*'        '  irtejoinMin  :one;;:!]Xhat[whi<i  isrd^^ 
to  iJ?^i;/^r/iv  orI?«f r/y :is  .pc^ 

' "^didiftioS:  Capacity,  inqiiireias  they  thipk 

fi£^>":into  ctheiifefl  Exiftencc! 

"JlVuih. of » Things  f  7  But  they :  muft  by:  na 
^ine^insdifpute  tliq\auth6riz*d < Forms, /jW>r«i 

JM^i/rand  it?ri]^)7k'were:th6  Wonder  of  6tfc 
;  Foit-fathersv- arid, 'las  facb,  dcliver'ddown 
i^ti^  jisrby.th^;  atfthentick  Traditions  and  ^^^ 

4infeations;abov>Mnention'd4oVW^ 
*      fomuchasjtocdiidzc  the  Features  ,or^.I^^ 
'  JOeftlions.  6f ; a:  Stem's  Fice;  ofiroiight Lby 

put  :,conqueringiAiiceItors;  from  the  holy 
yi/^jcs^  nor'prctcdd  to:cafl  inVqacftiowrthe 

^iftory  of  dur  national  <ihamJ>iori,  and  the 
\^       .        EftablilhmciIf.c(fa»higlii)fM.awlpi^^^^ 


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of  tlie  Kcaim, •  dcf^ends.  t;n. i;'   .v.^  '  •  // . 
4    But'as  wrif fhipfut  as  iarc the-  Pcyfons'itf 
^hciilluftriooi  4^^^^$  .iQ?^'^^^^<^^^^*> 


Djgi^ed  b^VjQOSt^ 


•GAKttBJti  aiid  the- 1€&' of  tfolccminenf  !&[&•$• 
Saftaipers*  of;  .8^V//*^  Honour;.  :arid  AutL^^*"^^*^^- 

vKii^d  Age,- fiK:h>airat'prcfdat;w^  / 

?g6od  fdrtunc  &.  live  in,  thfiy-  will  not  atr 
-  tempt  to  ftraltt'  thdf  Privileges  itix.tbe  laihc 
height  as  •  formerly. .'  Having*  been-tcducfd:* 
•  byrLaw,  or  fcttledPfafticdy fronf  the  Power  . 
fthcy  once  enjoyed,  they  will  not,  'tis  pre* 
fam'd,  in  defiance  of  the  Ma^ftrate  and 
Civil  Power,  ered  anew  their  Stages,  and 
Lifts,  introduce  the  nunner  of  civil  Com* 
bats,  fct  us  to  Tilt  and  Tnrnament,  and 
raife  again  thole  Defiances,  and    mortal 
Frays,  of  which  their  Or«^  were  once  the 
chief  Managers,  and  Promoters, 


-  To  cohclude:  The  only  Method. 
J  which  can  juftly  qnalify  us  for  this  high 
Privilege  of  giving  Ad  vie  a,  is,  in  the 
firft  place,  to  receivt  it  our  felves^  with  due 
Submilfion;  where  the  fMlcl  has  vouch- 
ikf  d  to  give  it  us,  by  Authority*  And  if 
in  our  privat^  Capacity,  .we  an  have  Re* 
folution  enocfj^ti)  criticize  our  felves,  and* 
call  inqueftion  our  high  Imaginations,  flo* 
rid  Defires,  and  fpedous  Sentiments,  ac« 
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